Table 2.

Latency of sensory and motor components of peripheral nervous system in patients with multiple sclerosis compared to normal population

Peripheral nerve	Mean (SD)∗	Mean of normal population∗	95% Confidence Interval	P value∗∗
Motor
Right median	3.47 (0.47)	3.7	(3.36, 3.58)	< 0.001
Right ulnar	3.34 (3.57)	3.0	(2.53, 4.15)	0.411
Left median	3.54 (0.53)	3.7	(3.42, 3.66)	0.010
Left ulnar	3.35 (4.44)	3.0	(2.35, 4.35)	0.491
Right tibial	4.65 (1.06)	4.5	(4.41, 4.89)	0.219
Right proneal	4.47 (1.16)	4.8	(4.21, 4.73)	0.016
Left tibial	5.13 (3.34)	4.5	(4.37, 5.89)	0.106
Left proneal	4.87 (1.39)	4.8	(4.56, 5.18)	0.685
Sensory
Right median	2.66 (0.43)	2.7	(2.56, 2.76)	0.374
Right ulnar	2.54 (0.45)	2.6	(2.44,2.64)	0.279
Left median	2.69 (0.44)	2.7	(2.59, 2.79)	0.770
Left ulnar	2.46 (0.48)	2.6	(2.35, 2.57)	0.019
Right sural	2.43 (0.59)	2.5	(2.30, 2.56)	0.303
Left sural	2.50 (0.68)	2.5	(2.35, 2.65)	0.643

^∗The numbers are in millisecond (ms).

^∗∗One sample t test; a P value less than 0.05 has been considered to be statistically significant.