Table 5.

Comparison of published CSA values from cohorts of different ethnicities.

	Taiwan	Germany	Germany	USA	Canada	China	Korea	Japan	India
	Our study	Grimm et al. (15)	Kerasanoudis et al. (22)	Cartwright et al. (11)	Qrimli et al. (23)	Niu et al. (21)	Won et al. (16)/ Soek et al. (18)	Sugimoto et al. (14)	Bathala et al. (24)
Median nerve
Median nerve at wrist	6.8 ± 2.4	10.6 ± 2.9	8.4 ± 2.1	N/A	10.0 ± 2.4	6.3 ± 0.9	9.3 ± 1.6	8.5 ± 1.7	7.2 ± 1
Median nerve in mid-forearm	4.5 ± 1.2	7.2 ± 1.3	6.6 ± 1.6	N/A	7.3 ± 1.7	5.6± 0.9	6.3 ± 1.5	6.0 ± 1.3	4.8 ± 0.9
Median nerve at antecubital	7.2 ± 1.6	9.2 ± 1.7	N/A	N/A	10.3 ± 3.4	8.4± 1.3	9.0 ± 2.4	9.1 ± 2.2	N/A
Median nerve at mid-arm	7.0 ± 1.5	9.1 ± 1.5	N/A	N/A	9.4 ± 3.1	7.8± 1.2	9.3 ± 2.5	5.6 ± 1.0	6.1 ± 1
Ulnar nerve
Ulnar nerve in mid-forearm	3.9 ± 1.1	5.9 ± 1.4	N/A	N/A	6.2 ± 1.5	4.6± 0.8	N/A	4.7 ± 1.0	N/A
Ulnar nerve in cubital tunnel	6.2 ± 1.4	8.7 ± 2.0	5.5 ± 1.3	N/A	6.9 ± 2.3	5.6± 1.1	7.3 ± 1.7	6.7 ± 1.9	N/A
Ulnar nerve at mid-arm	5.1 ± 1.5	7.0 ± 1.2	N/A	N/A	6.8 ± 2.3	4.4± 0.9	6.4 ± 1.6	4.8 ± 1.0	N/A
Radial nerve
Radial nerve at antecubital	4.0 ± 1.4	N/A	N/A	9.3± 2.4	N/A	N/A	7.3 ± 1.7	N/A	N/A
Radial nerve at groove	5.1 ± 1.6	N/A	3.3 ± 1.5	N/A	6.5 ± 1.7	N/A	6.8 ± 1.8	N/A	N/A
Tibial nerve
Tibial nerve at popliteal fossa	20.8 ± 4.8	23.2 ± 4.9	N/A	35.3 ± 10.3	N/A	N/A	24.4± 4.4	N/A	N/A
Tibial nerve in tarsal tunnel	8.5 ± 2.2	10.2 ± 2.0	6.4 ± 1.5	13.7 ± 7.3	12.7 ± 3.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Peroneal nerve
Peroneal nerve at popliteal fossa	12.1 ± 2.2	8.4 ± 1.6	8.6 ± 1.8	11.7 ± 4.6	11.8 ± 3.8	N/A	10.4 ± 2.7	N/A	N/A
Sural nerve
Sural nerve at calf	2.3 ± 0.7	2.2 ± 0.6	N/A	5.3 ± 1.8	2.1 ± 0.8	N/A	2.6 ± 0.6	N/A	N/A

Data are presented as the mean ± SD.

N/A, not available.