Werner R A, Albers J W, Franzblau A, Armstrong T J
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Muscle Nerve. 1994 Jun;17(6):632-6. doi: 10.1002/mus.880170610.
Increased weight and, more recently, body mass index (BMI), have been suggested as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In an effort to determine the relative risk (RR) of obesity in the development of CTS, 949 patients who had an evaluation of the right upper extremity that included motor and sensory conduction studies of the median and ulnar nerves were reviewed. Of these patients, 261 were diagnosed with a median mononeuropathy at the wrist. Those individuals who were classified as obese (BMI > 29) were 2.5 times more likely than slender individuals (BMI < 20) to be diagnosed with CTS. Forty-three percent of obese women and 32% of obese men had the diagnosis of CTS compared to 21% of slender women and 0% of slender men.
体重增加以及最近提出的体重指数（BMI）被认为是腕管综合征（CTS）的风险因素。为了确定肥胖在CTS发生发展中的相对风险（RR），我们回顾了949例接受了右上肢评估的患者，其中包括正中神经和尺神经的运动和感觉传导研究。在这些患者中，261例被诊断为腕部正中单神经病。被归类为肥胖（BMI>29）的个体被诊断为CTS的可能性是苗条个体（BMI<20）的2.5倍。43%的肥胖女性和32%的肥胖男性被诊断为CTS，而苗条女性为21%，苗条男性为0%。
