Table 2.
Comparison between patients with neurogenic TOS and healthy controls.
| Patients with NTOS n = 100 |
Healthy Controls n = 100 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex:female, n (%) male, n (%) |
71 (71%) 29 (29%) |
73 (73%) 27 (27%) |
0.75 a |
| Age, years ± SD (min-max) |
39.4 ± 9.6 (22–61) |
38.8 ± 9.8 (24–67) |
0.40 b |
| Height, cm ± SD (min-max) |
167.2 ± 9.0 (150–192) |
169.2 ± 8.4 (152–190) |
0.11 c |
| Weight, kg ± SD (min-max) |
70.6 ± 15.3 (43–106) |
67.6 ± 12.9 (48–112) |
0.12 c |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 ± SD (min-max) |
25.2 ± 4.7 (17.0–39.9) |
23.5 ± 3.5 (17.0–35.4) |
0.02 b |
NTOS: neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome; SD: standard deviation. a: χ2 test; b: Mann–Whitney test, c: Independent t-test.