The influence of height, age and gender on the interpretation of median nerve SEPs.
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.
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