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. 2022 Oct 28;12(11):2621. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12112621

Table 1.

Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of patients and controls.

Subjects Characteristics CTS Patients Healthy Controls Statistical Significance
Number of subjects
(female/male)
49
(31/18)
33
(17/16)
p = 0.255 n.s.
Age, in years (±SD, range) 64.0 (±12.7, 31–85) 58.6 (±15.9, 24–77) p = 0.092 n.s.
Height, in cm (±SD) 166.3 (±9.32) 170.03 (±9.6) p = 0.087 n.s.
Weight, in kg (±SD) 73.4 (±16.48) 66.93 (±13.14) p = 0.052 n.s.
Wrist circumference, in cm (±SD) 16.8 (±1.43) 16.03 (±1.98) p = 0.06 n.s.
Disease duration, in months (±SD) 29.2 (±25.8) n.a. n.a.
MN-CSA, in mm2 (±SD, range) 12.1 (±3.39, 6–22) 5.81(±1.79, 4–10) p < 0.0001 **
FCR-CSA, in mm2 (±SD, range) 10.3 (±1.95, 7–16) 9.53 (±1.79, 6–13) p = 0.073 n.s.
NRT, in % (±SD, range) 117 (±29.1, 75–220) 64.2 (±14.3, 41.7–100) p < 0.0001 **

Data are expressed as mean (±standard deviation, SD), if not otherwise specified. The level of statistical significance was set at a p-level of 0.05. n.s. = not significant, ** = p < 0.01, n.a. = not assessed. CTS = carpal tunnel syndrome, SD = standard deviation, MN-CSA = median nerve cross-sectional area, FCR-CSA = flexor carpi radialis cross-sectional area, NTR = nerve/tendon ratio.