Relationship between sonographically measured median nerve cross-sectional area and presence of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic subjects

Table 6 Relationship between median nerve cross-sectional area on ultrasound and clinical/laboratory parameters of the diabetic subjects

Variables	CATL		5cmCATL
	r	P-value	r	P-value
Age	-0.041	0.898	-0.050	0.650
Sex	-0.0581	0.601	-0.0501	0.651
Weight	0.094	0.390	-0.041	0.708
Height	0.042	0.703	0.025	0.817
BMI	0.091	0.407	-0.056	0.611
SBP	-0.126	0.251	0.050	0.648
DBP	0.043	0.693	0.050	0.648
TC	0.092	0.402	0.092	0.056
Duration of DM	0.1102	0.318	0.1512	0.167
FBG	-0.059	0.591	0.026	0.811
HbA1c	-0.012	0.916	0.034	0.758

¹Point-biserial correlation coefficient;

²Spearman correlation coefficient. CATL: Carpal tunnel; 5cmCATL: 5 cm proximal to the carpal tunnel; r: Pearson correlation coefficient;; CSA: Cross sectional area; BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; DM: Diabetes mellitus; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: Glycated haemoglobin P values < 0.05 are significant.