Table # 2�Equations combining the effects of age and height. Corr is the correlation coefficient, r2 is the square of the correlation coefficient and SE is the standard error for the relationship.
Nerve |
Equation |
Corr |
r2 |
SE |
Conduction Velocity |
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Sural |
79.724-0.158Ht-0.089Age |
-0.347 |
0.12 |
5.12 |
Peroneal |
84.130-0.184Ht-0.116Age |
-0.524 |
0.274 |
3.77 |
Ulnar Motor |
82.930-0.131Ht-0.105Age |
-0.374 |
0.14 |
4.68 |
Distal Latency |
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Sural |
2.088+0.006962Age+0.008591Ht |
0.318 |
0.101 |
0.36 |
Peroneal |
1.300+0.01667Ht+0.007676Age |
0.246 |
0.061 |
0.76 |
Ulnar Motor |
0.906+0.01018Ht+0.004303Age |
0.333 |
0.111 |
0.33 |
Ulnar Sensory |
0.881+0.004698Ht+0.004459Age |
0.383 |
0.146 |
0.18 |
Amplitude |
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Sural |
61.202-0.272Age-0.197Ht |
-0.470 |
0.22 |
7.28 |
Peroneal |
10.019-0.0539Age-0.0121Ht |
-0.271 |
0.073 |
2.34 |
Ulnar Motor |
16.599-0.0585Age-0.0246Ht |
-0.318 |
0.101 |
2.28 |
Ulnar Sensory |
114.41-0.400Age-0.413Ht |
-0.444 |
0.197 |
13.32 |
(c) 2001 M. H. Rivner
Revised 09/03/2001