Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Participant Characteristic	Controls	DPN Patients
n	10	10
Men/women	6/4	6/4
Age, yr	62.2 ± 12.1	64.7 ± 11.3
Height, m	1.7 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1
Weight, kg	71.4 ± 5.6	73.9 ± 8.5
HbA1c, %		7.5 ± 1.2
Sural nerve SNAP, μV		2.1 ± 0*
Fibular nerve CV, m/s		38.4 ± 7.2

Values are means ± SD; n, no. of subjects. DPN, diabetic polyneuropathy; SNAP, sensory nerve action potential; CV, conduction velocity.

^*SNAP responses were absent in 9 out of 10 DPN patients.