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Table 2 Electrophysical parameters of group A and B and correlation analysis of all participants

From: Functional predictors of treatment induced diabetic neuropathy (TIND): a prospective pilot study using clinical and neurophysiological functional tests

 

T0

T1

p value

T3

p value

30:15 ratio

1 ± 0.12 (1.1 ± 0.3)

0.95 ± 0.1 (1 ± 0.2)

0.12 (0.8)

1 ± 0.13 (0.9 ± 0.2)

0.62 (0.3)

E/I ratio

2.91 ± 2.7 (2.6 ± 1)

2 ± 0.9 (2.6 ± 0.7)

0.18*** (0.8)

2.4 ± 0.9 (2.7 ± 1)

0.65 (0.3)

PDD (mm)

5.6 ± 0.5 (5.4 ± 1.7)

5 ± 1.3 (5.3 ± 1.5)

0.02 (0.6)

5.4 ± 1 (5.4 ± 1.5)

0.3 (0.6)

CPT (°C)

27.3 ± 3 (22 ± 9)

25.1 ± 5.9 (24 ± 3.2)

0.1*** (0.4***)

26.2 ± 4.5 (20 ± 10)

0.4*** (0.6***)

NES

2.8 ± 2.3 (4.1 ± 4)

1.2 ± 1.3 (2.4 ± 2.3)

0.04 (0.2)

1.8 ± 1.9 (3.1 ± 2.9)

0.2 (0.7)

NSS

4 ± 5 (4.5 ± 5)

3.2 ± 5 (10.9 ± 11)

0.3 (0.08)

4.8 ± 8 (11.2 ± 15)

0.5 (0.2)

Correlation analysis

Difference between T0 and T1

Pearson correlation coefficient

p value

30:15 ratio

 

0.121

 

0.6

 

Valsalva ratio

 

0.02

 

0.94

 

E/I ratio

 

0.4

 

0.08

 

PDD

 

0.2

 

0.45

 

CPT

 

0.21

 

0.37

 

WPT

 

0.06

 

0.81

 

Latency of SSR right hand

 

− 0.16

 

0.5

 

Sweat rate

 

− 0.034

 

0.9

 
  1. **Comparisons between T0 and T3
  2. p-value according to Wilcoxon-test, ***t-test