Prevalence of obesity and obesity as a risk factor in patients with severe median nerve lesion at the wrist

Electrophysiologic severity of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patients of the Saudi population

“…One multi ethnic study on Asian population showed that diabetic patients are at a higher risk of severe CTS, and similar findings were yielded by a French study. 23,41 A comparison of CTS severity among the 2 groups revealed that very mild CTS )p=0.006( and extremely severe CTS )p<0.005( were seen more often in diabetic patients, and the difference was statistically significant. Very mild CTS could be related to either early referral of diabetic patients for electrodiagnostic evaluation of CTS, or sometimes severity of symptoms is not always correlated with the NCS findings.…”

Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pooled Occupational Cohorts

“…3,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] This is particularly suggested by both the data on metabolic syndrome [26][27][28] and insulin resistance 30 as well as a few retrospective studies suggesting an association with carotid intima-media thickness. [31][32][33] CVD disease association has been further suggested by a protective effect of vigorous exercise with and without wrist strain reported in a case-control study.…”

“…36 There are numerous other reported risk factors such as diabetes mellitus (DM). 3,[21][22][23][24][25] Fewer studies have assessed risk from metabolic syndrome, although it also is reportedly a risk. [26][27][28] Low-density lipoprotein is another purported risk, although data are sparse.…”

Severe and extreme idiopathic median nerve lesions at the wrist: New insights into electrodiagnostic patterns and review of the literature

“…Effects of age, gender, BMI, and occupational activity on MNLW severity were reported previously . The data from these studies are summarized in Table .…”