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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2013 May 17;14(9):941–947. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.03.005

Table 4.

Measurements of IENF and axonal swelling densities in PT skin biopsies.

NS DM DN-P DN-NOP
Median 25-75% Median 25-75% Median 25-75% Median 25-75%
PGP9.5+ IENFD (fiber/mm) 13.90 11.56-19.84 16.69 11.97-28.53 12.17$ 7.20-16.3 11.01$ 7.52-13.99
GAP43+ IENFD (fiber/mm) 11.22 7.90-15.21 11.73 5.43-14.60 9.99 5.32-14.05 0.41****$$$$#### 0.32-0.58
GAP43/PGP 0.74 0.66-0.84 0.67 0.41-0.83 0.82$ 0.75-0.88 0.03***$$$$#### 0.03-0.06
Axonal swelling/PGP 1.20 0.46-2.65 4.29** 1.15-7.63 5.62*** 2.55-8.07 2.16### 1.22-3.16
**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001

****

p < 0.0001; compared to NS.

$

p < 0.05

$$$$

p < 0.0001 compare to DM.

###

p < 0.001

####

p < 0.0001 compare to DN-P.