title: The influence of height, age and gender on the interpretation of median nerve SEPs.
abstract: Median nerve SEPs were studied in 120 normal subjects. Highly significant correlations with height and age were found for all SEP peak latencies, but not for the interpeak latency N19-N13. A significant gender difference was found for N13 and N19 peak latencies, the males having longer latencies. No sex-related correlations in central conduction time could be shown. It is emphasized that reliable SEP interpretation should include simultaneous height, age and gender corrections.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001827:Body Height; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors