Table 2 -.
3 HS Cohorts Combined | 3 DM Cohorts Combined† | Difference in % | Fisher’s Exact Test | |||
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Total n | n (%) Abnormal | Total n | n (%) Abnormal | p | ||
1. ≥ 2 pts* of any of > 1 Nerve of Fibular, Ulnar or Tibial CMAPs, MNCVs or MNDLs or Sural SNAP or SNDL† | 393 | 44 (11.20) | 379 | 189 (49.87) | 38.87 | <0.0001 |
2. ≥ 2 pts of any of > 1 of Fibular, Tibial or Ulnar MNCV or Sural SNDL | 394 | 15 (3.81) | 376 | 151 (40.16) | 36.35 | <0.0001 |
3. ≥ 2 pts of any of > 1 of Ulnar or Fibular MNCV | 395 | 8 (2.03) | 383 | 83 (21.67) | 19.64 | <0.0001 |
4. ≥ 2 pts of any of > 1 of Fibular, Ulnar or Tibial CMAPs or Sural SNAP | 395 | 9 (2.28) | 388 | 72 (18.56) | 16.28 | <0.0001 |
5. ≥ 2 pts of any of > 1 of Ulnar or Tibial F-wave | 394 | 10 (2.54) | 380 | 48 (12.63) | 10.09 | <0.0001 |
6. ≥ 2 pts of any of > 1 of Ulnar MNCV or Sural SNAP | 395 | 4 (1.01) | 388 | 28 (7.22) | 6.21 | <0.0001 |
MNCV = motor nerve conduction velocity, F-wave = F-wave latency, SNDL = sensory nerve distal latency, SNAP = sensory nerve action potential amplitude, CMAP = compound muscle action potential amplitude, MNDL = motor nerve distal latency
> 5th \ < 95th = 0 pts (points); > 1st to ≤ 5th \ ≥ 95th to < 99th = 1 pt; ≤ 1st \ ≥ 99th = 2 pts
McNemar’s test (S; p) of differences of frequencies of abnormality between pairs of composite measures of attributes of nerve conduction: 1 vs. 2 (29.00; <0.0001), 1 vs. 4 (117.00; <0.0001), 2 vs. 4 (64.88; <0.0001)