SERUM LIPID PROFILE IN MIDDLE AGED FEMALE PATIENTS WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Abstract

Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy. It is a combination of symptoms and signs caused by the compression of the median nerve as it passes in the carpal tunnel at the wrist. It is an important cause of functional disability, and is the commonest cause of referral to the Electro diagnostic laboratory. CTS is studied extensively. However, its pathophysiology still unclear and most of the cases still idiopathic especially in middle aged women. Objective: To correlate between severity of CTS and abnormality of lipid profile, and to establish the relationship between severity of CTS and age, Body mass index (BMI), in Egyptian middle aged women. Patients and Methods: This study included 155 female cases and controls recruited from the Neurology outpatient clinics of Al-Hussein University Hospital and Al Sahel Teaching Hospital during the period from November 2018 to September 2019, 103 cases with the clinical and neurophysiological diagnosis of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. The study demonstrated the relation between age, lipid profile, BMI and severity of carpal tunnel syndrome in this group of females in comparison to the 52 females as a controls. Results: Age, high BMI, higher cholesterol and LDL levels, were correlated with severity of CTS, while Cholesterol and LDL were much higher among the cases compared to controls. HDL was less in the patients. Conclusion: Abnormal lipid profile, higher BMI, obesity and poor living circumstances could influence the incidence and severity of CTS among middle aged Egyptian women.