Table 5.

Sex Differences in HQ-8 Questions in Cases Operated on for Ulnar Nerve Entrapment with Simple Decompression

	HQ-1 Pain on Load	HQ-2 Pain on Motion without Load	HQ-3 Pain at Rest	HQ-4 Stiffness	HQ-5 Weakness	HQ-6 Numbness/Tingling in Fingers	HQ-7 Cold Sensitivity	HQ-8 Ability to Perform Daily Activities
Preoperative
Men (n = 180)	39 (10 to 61)	20 (2 to 50)	30 (3 to 50)	30 (6 to 57)	49 (21 to 71)	75 (50 to 90)	50 (11 to 76)	41 (15 to 70)
Women (n = 172)	60 (30 to 77)	40 (10 to 60)	45 (10 to 70)	40 (4 to 60)	60 (30 to 80)	80 (67 to 90)	68 (30 to 81)	60 (40 to 80)
P-value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.21	0.003	0.009	0.003	<0.0001
All (n = 352)	50 (17 to 70)	30 (8 to 56)	30 (10 to 60)	30 (5 to 60)	52 (30 to 80)	80 (60 to 90)	59 (20 to 80)	50 (23 to 75)
3 months postoperative
Men (n = 126)	20 (2 to 40)	10 (0 to 30)	10 (0 to 30)	10 (0 to 40)	30 (10 to 60)	30 (10 to 64)	20 (1 to 50)	20 (0 to 50)
Women (n = 140)	30 (10 to 60)	11 (1 to 41)	10 (1 to 39)	11 (0 to 38)	37 (14 to 60)	41 (10 to 80)	20 (1 to 62)	27 (4 to 57)
P-value	0.011	0.037	0.71	0.79	0.19	0.17	0.56	0.11
All (n = 266)	25 (10 to 50)	10 (0 to 40)	10 (0 to 30)	10 (0 to 40)	30 (10 to 60)	38 (10 to 70)	20 (1 to 57)	20 (2 to 50)
12 months postoperative
Men (n = 121)	20 (0 to 51)	10 (0 to 40)	10 (0 to 28)	20 (0 to 50)	30 (10 to 60)	30 (10 to 70)	20 (1 to 60)	28 (1 to 60)
Women (n = 136)	38 (10 to 70)	20 (3 to 50)	20 (3 to 50)	20 (0 to 40)	40 (20 to 67)	50 (23 to 80)	40 (4 to 70)	30 (10 to 57)
P-value	0.001	0.004	0.003	0.65	0.10	0.001	0.12	0.60
All (n = 257)	30 (6 to 61)	10 (0 to 40)	10 (0 to 40)	20 (0 to 40)	35 (10 to 60)	40 (12 to 74)	30 (3 to 68)	29 (3 to 59)

Numbers presented as median [interquartile range, IQR].

Boldface p-values <0.05 are considered statistically significant.