Table 2.

Nerve conduction findings among patients and controls.

Nerve conduction	Patients N = 50	Controls N = 50	t-test	P-value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Rt tibial nerve
CV (m/s)	44.06 ± 6.64	47.6 ± 4.68	3.12	0.002*
Latency (ms)	5.10 ± 1.07	3.90 ± 0.81	6.29	<0.001*
Amplitude (mv)	12.00 ± 3.64	15.42 ± 1.51	6.14	<0.001*
Lt tibial nerve
CV (m/s)	39.72 ± 4.36	52.76 ± 4.51	14.71	<0.001*
Latency (ms)	5.46 ± 0.86	3.94 ± 0.84	8.91	<0.001*
Amplitude (mv)	11.32 ± 3.42	17.04 ± 1.97	10.24	<0.001*
Rt peroneal nerve
CV (m/s)	40.80 ± 4.40	53.24 ± 4.63	13.77	<0.001*
Latency (ms)	5.28 ± 0.97	4.34 ± 0.98	4.82	<0.001*
Amplitude (mv)	3.64 ± 1.30	4.84 ± 0.86	4.65#	<0.001*
Lt peroneal nerve
CV (m/s)	40.04 ± 4.72	53.30 ± 4.52	14.34	<0.001*
Latency (ms)	5.42 ± 1.00	4.00 ± 0.81	7.80	<0.001*
Amplitude (mv)	3.77 ± 1.22	4.94 ± 0.82	5.61	<0.001*
Rt sural nerve
CV (m/s)	50.90 ± 9.66	60.20 ± 7.95	5.26	<0.001*
Latency (ms)	3.50 ± 0.73	2.86 ± 0.73	4.37	<0.001*
Amplitude (mv)	5.42 ± 1.68	6.50 ± 0.81	4.09	<0.001*
Lt sural nerve
CV (m/s)	51.40 ± 8.15	51.60 ± 8.89	0.12	0.91
Latency (ms)	2.90 ± 0.73	2.90 ± 0.73	0.00	1.00
Amplitude (mv)	5.54 ± 1.66	6.44 ± 0.73	3.51	0.001*

^#Mann-Whitney test; CV, Conduction velocity; Rt, right; Lt, left;

^*significant.

Bold values indicates significant p-values.