Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the patients by severity of CTS

 Median (interquartile range)

50.5 years (40–60)

49 years (31–53)

48 years (38.5 –57)

56.5 years (49.5 –67.5)

0.01

Sex

<0.001

 Female

45 (63.4)

12 (80)

24 (85.7)

8 (32)

 Male

26 (36.6)

3 (20)

4 (14.3)

17 (68)

Smoking status

0.6

 Non-smoker

35 (50)

7 (46.7)

12 (44.4)

14 (56)

 Current smoker

21 (30)

5 (33.3)

11 (40.7)

5 (20)

 Former smoker

14 (20)

3 (20)

4 (14.8)

6 (24)

Education

0.44

 Low^b

55 (83.3)

10 (76.9)

24 (92.3)

18 (75)

 Intermediate^c

9 (13.7)

2 (15.4)

2 (7.7)

5 (20.8)

 High^d

2 (3.0)

1 (7.7)

0 (0)

1 (4.2)

Job type (Latko scale)

0.33

 Non-repetitive (1–7 points on Latko scale)

24 (53.3)

8 (72.7)

9 (52.9)

7 (43.8)

 Repetitive (8–10 points on Latko scale)

21 (46.7)

3 (27.3)

8 (47.1)

9 (56.3)

 Median (interquartile range)

28.3 (24.3–32.0)

23.9 (22.0–31.7)

27.4 (23.5–29.0)

29.4 (28.4–35.6)

0.006

 Median (interquartile range)

56 (32–64)

42 (32–60)

56 (32–64)

56 (40–76)

0.28

Handedness

0.53

 Right-handed

65 (94.2)

15 (100)

24 (92.3)

23 (92)

 Left- or mixed-handed

4 (5.8)

0 (0)

2 (7.7)

2 (8)