Effects of Age, Body Weight, Height and Body Mass Index on Nerve Conduction Velocity of Median and Ulnar Nerves in Normal Subjects

Abstract

Nerve conduction velocity which asseses peripheral nerve function for diagnosis of neuropathies, is known to vary with age, height, body weight and body mass index (BMI). This experimental study investigated the relationship between these factors on nerve conduction velocity in median and ulnar nerve among 64 normal subjects by using the Pearson’s correlation. It was found that nerve conduction velocity in median (p < 0.01) and ulnar nerve (p < 0.01) was negatively correlated with BMI. An age was negatively correlated with nerve conduction velocity of only ulnar nerve, but conduction velocity in both nerves did not show correlation with body weight (p 0.0959, 0.2073) and height (p 0.2376, 0.0646).