Table 3

Risk of ulnar neuropathy confirmed by electroneurography (ENG) in relation to forceful work, according to analyses using patients with ulnar neuropathy-like symptoms with normal ENG as referents, study 3

Study 3: ulnar neuropathy versus ulnar neuropathy-like symptoms
Unadjusted OR (95% CI)Partly adjusted OR* (95% CI)Fully adjusted OR† (95% CI)
Force-score
 01.001.001.00
 >0–<11.11 (0.72 to 1.72)1.49 (0.92 to 2.41)1.93 (1.09 to 3.41)
 ≥11.41 (0.97 to 2.06)1.34 (0.88 to 2.04)1.90 (1.11 to 3.27)
  • Significant results are displayed in italics.

  • *Adjusted for age (continuous), gender, body mass index (continuous), pack-years of smoking (continuous), alcohol consumption (continuous), side-specific fractures (never/ever), full anaesthesia within a 5-year period up to the index year (no/yes), predisposing disorders (no/yes), use of crutches within a 5-year period up to the index year (no/yes), hand–arm intensive sports (0, 1, 2) and weight loss ≥10 kg within half a year during a 5-year period up to the index year (no/yes).

  • †Adjusted for the same variables as the partly adjusted ORs and for repetition-time (0, >0–<2.5  and ≥2.5 h/day), non-neutral-posture-time (<1, ≥1–<2 h/day and ≥2 h/day) and hand–arm vibration-time (0, >0–<1 and ≥1 h/day).