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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population

From: Personal factors associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS): a case-control study

Variable

Level

Cases

(n = 95)

Controls

(n = 190)

p-value

n

%

n

%

 

Age

≤ 45 years

25

26.3

161

84.7

< 0.001*

>  45 years

70

73.7

29

15.3

Gender

Male

15

15.8

30

15.8

1.0

Female

80

84.2

160

84.2

Marital status

Unmarried

17

17.9

47

24.7

0.19

Married

78

82.1

143

75.3

Nationality

Saudi

89

93.7

177

93.2

0.87

Non-Saudi

6

6.3

13

6.8

Education

High school and less

56

58.9

57

30

< 0.001*

University and above

39

41

133

70

Employment status

Unemployed

70

73.7

120

63.2

0.08

Employed

25

26.3

70

36.8

Parity

0 - 1

15

18.8

71

44.7

< 0.001*

2 +

65

81.2

89

55.3

Dominant hand

Right

88

92.6

178

93.7

0.74

Left

7

7.4

12

6.3

  1. *p-value < 0.05