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Table 1 Demographic and quantitative parameters in patients who experienced numbness and those who did not

From: Sensitivity of non-conventional electro-diagnostic techniques to detect neuropathy in patients with hepatitis “C” viral infection

 

No numbness

(n = 34)

Numbness

(n = 11)

P-Value

Age

Median (IQR)

53.5 (46–59)

56 (48–58)

0.6

Gender

Male

30 (88.24%)

6 (54.54%)

0.03

IPA mean amp (SD)

694.64 (251.53)

669.91 (273.24)

0.8

IPA turns/s

Mean (range)

525 (480–639)

621 (374–1444)

0.9

IPA turns-amp-ratio

mean (range)

0.74 (0.67–1.2)

0.61 (0.55–4.22)

0.6

SAS (Uln-Sural)

Mean (SD)

1.48 (0.58)

1.14 (0.92)

0.1

MAS (Uln-Per)

1.69 (0.52)

1.18 (0.38)

0.005

  1. IPA  interference pattern analysis, SD  standard deviation, s second, amp  amplitude, SAS  sensory amplitude score, Uln  ulnar nerve, MAS  motor amplitude score, per  peroneal nerve