[Table/Fig-4]:

Number and proportion of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome in each group

	Diabetes mellitus n=87	Hypothyroidism n=43	Acromegaly n=36	Control n=50
Number of patients with positive Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (%)	62 (71.2)δ, μ, γ	14 (32.5)δ, f	18 (50)μ, β	2 (4)γ, β, f
Number of patients with negative Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (%)	25 (28.7)	29 (67.4)	18 (50)	48 (96)
Number of patients with positive bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (%)	44 (50.5)a,b	10 (23.2)a	12 (33.3)b	1 (2)

δsignificant difference between groups marked with δ p=0.001, χ²=17.75

μsignificant difference between groups marked with μ p=0.024, χ²=5.06

γsignificant difference between groups marked with γp= 0.001, χ²=57.71

βsignificant difference between groups marked with β p=0.001, χ²=24,81

fsignificant difference between groups marked with p=0.001, χ²=13.23

asignificant difference between groups marked with a p=0.002, χ²=9.516

bsignificant difference between groups marked with bp=0.041, χ²=3.456