“…Electrodiagnostic findings can also be influenced by other factors, such as obesity, age, height, finger circumference and wrist ratio (33,34). However, the use of the median minus ulnar peak latency difference, as employed in this study, has been shown to be the least sensitive measure to such covariates (35). Moreover, the results are directly applicable to epidemiologic studies of CTS among workers, with minimal, if any, spectrum bias, since the subjects were all active workers in a variety of employment settings that incorporated a broad range of job activities and potential ergonomic exposures (36).…”