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Table 7 Correlation between volunteers’ age and anthropometric measures with different posterior femoral cutaneous nerve sensory nerve action potential parameters (98 lower limbs from 52 apparently healthy volunteers)

From: Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve sensory conduction study in a sample of apparently healthy Egyptian volunteers

Age and anthropometric measures

Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve SNAP parameters

Peak latency (ms)

Conduction velocity (m/s)

SNAP amplitude (μV)

r†

P

r†

P

r†

P

Age (years)

0.198

0.051

− 0.268

0.008*

0.059

0.565

Height (cm)

0.460

≤ 0.0001*

− 0.488

≤ 0.0001*

0.094

0.355

Weight (kg)

− 0.059

0.565

− 0.014

0.889

0.198

0.051

BMI (kg/m2)

− 0.266

0.008*

0.194

0.056

0.159

0.119

  1. BMI, body mass index; SNAP, sensory nerve action potential
  2. *Significant when P is < 0.05
  3. †Value of Pearson correlation test