Table 4. Percentage of patients with at least one abnormal CSA, ΔCSA or ΔUtpt measurement and those with all nerve measurements within the range of normality grouped according to the WHO operational classification and according to the presence or absence of reactions.
PB | MB | p-value | No reaction | Previous reactions | p-value | ||
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CSA | At least one abnormal measurement | 72.7% | 69.4% | 1.000 | 63.8% | 85.2% | 0.0409* |
Normal | 27.3% | 30.6% | 36.2% | 14.8% | |||
ΔCSA | At least one abnormal measurement | 72.7% | 69.4% | 1.000 | 65.2% | 81.5% | 0.1433 |
Normal | 27.3% | 30.6% | 34.8% | 18.5% | |||
ΔUtpt | At least one abnormal measurement | 45.5% | 40% | 0.7534 | 36.8% | 51.8% | 0.2476 |
Normal | 54.5% | 60% | 63.2% | 48.2% |
Values were considered abnormal when they exceeded the mean + 2SD value obtained from healthy volunteers.
p-value by two-tailed Fisher’s test.
* Statistically significant.