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Table 7 Comparison of crude and sex-specific incidence rates (per 100,000 person-years) of CTS diagnosed by clinical symptoms plus electromyography (EMG) in the province of Siena for 1997-1998 [44] with in-hospital rates recorded [22] in the same province and period

From: Risk factors for operated carpal tunnel syndrome: a multicenter population-based case-control study

  

Symptoms/EMG [44]

In-hospital [22]

Ratio

1997

Women

478.6

244.2

2.0

 

Men

161.4

68.4

2.4

 

Overall

326.5

159.9

2.0

1998

Women

497.8

193.9

2.6

 

Men

178.5

57.7

3.1

 

Overall

344.5

128.5

2.7