Table 1.
Demographic characteristic of all participants (n=81)
| Age(mean, SD) | 47.1 (12.7) | |
| Gender (N,%) | Male | 9 (11.1) |
| Female | 72 (88.9) | |
| Affected side | Right | 28 (34.6) |
| Left | 24 (29.6) | |
| Both | 29 (35.8) | |
| Education (mean, SD) | 9.43 (5.09) | |
| Job (N,%) | Housewife | 44 (54.3) |
| Retired | 3 (3.70) | |
| Business | 13 (16) | |
| Employee | 14 (17.3) | |
| Others | 7 (8.60) | |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (N,%) | Yes | 43 (53.1) |
| No | 38 (46.9) | |
| BMI (mean, SD) | 26.1 (5.41) | |
| Grip (mean, SD) | 16.2 (8.09) | |
| Pinch (mean, SD) | 4.44 (1.79) | |
| Third metacarpal length (AB)(mean, SD) | 5.52 (0.844) | |
| First metacarpal length (CD) (mean, SD) | 3.94 (0.624) | |
| Carpal Height (GH) (mean, SD) | 2.70 (0.450) | |
| Metacarpal width (EF) (mean, SD) | 4.37 (0.714) | |
| Hand length(mean, SD) | 15.8 (2.62) | |
| Distal flexor wrist crease to the tip of the third finger (E) (mean, SD) | 17.8 (1.31) | |
| Wrist Circumference (mean, SD) | 16.8 (1.23) | |
| Hand volume (mean, SD) | 309 (63.1) | |
| AB/GH (mean, SD)* | 2.05 (0.172) | |
| AB/EF (mean, SD)** | 1.27 (0.083) | |
| CD/AB (mean, SD)*** | 0.714 (0.044) | |
| W/E (mean, SD)**** | 0.944 (0.065) | |
| E/V (mean, SD)***** | 0.060 (0.010) | |
| E/WC (mean, SD)****** | 1.06 (0.074) | |
*Metacarpal length divided by wrist length index
*** First metacarpal length divided by third metacarpal length
****Wrist circumference divided by distal flexor wrist crease to the tip of the third finger
***** Distal flexor wrist crease to the tip of the third finger divided by hand volume
******Distal flexor wrist crease to the tip of the third finger divided by wrist circumference