Table 2 Medical characteristics and daily habits 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 | % | |||
Menopause | No | 52 | 65 | 149 | 93.1 | < 0.001* |
Yes | 28 | 35 | 11 | 6.9 | ||
Pregnancy | No | 78 | 97.5 | 130 | 81.3 | < 0.001* |
Yes | 2 | 2.5 | 30 | 18.7 | ||
Body mass index (BMI) | Normal | 9 | 9.5 | 59 | 31 | < 0.001* |
Overweight | 26 | 27.4 | 50 | 26.3 | ||
Obese | 60 | 63.2 | 81 | 42.6 | ||
Medical conditions | Diabetes | 44 | 46.3 | 22 | 11.6 | < 0.001* |
HTN | 37 | 38.9 | 18 | 9.5 | < 0.001* | |
Hypothyroidism | 16 | 8.4 | 17 | 17.9 | 0.02* | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 3 | 3.2 | 8 | 4.2 | 0.66 | |
Acromegaly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.48 | |
Fractured distal radius | 3 | 3.2 | 9 | 4.7 | 0.3 | |
Smoking | Smoker | 3 | 3.2 | 9 | 4.7 | 0.53 |
Non-smoker | 92 | 96.8 | 181 | 95.3 | ||
Exercise | Never | 54 | 56.8 | 76 | 40 | 0.02* |
Occasional | 28 | 29.5 | 67 | 35.3 | ||
Regular | 13 | 13.7 | 47 | 24.7 | ||
Sleeping posture | Supine | 8 | 8.4 | 27 | 14.2 | 0.19 |
Left lateral | 13 | 13.7 | 31 | 16.3 | ||
Right lateral | 66 | 69.5 | 108 | 56.8 | ||
Prone | 8 | 8.4 | 24 | 12.6 | ||
Household chores | Never | 17 | 17.9 | 31 | 16.3 | 0.008* |
Occasional | 34 | 35.8 | 38 | 20 | ||
Regular | 44 | 46.3 | 121 | 63.7 | ||