title: Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.
abstract: The aim of this study was to validate the potential association between cigarette smoking and cubital tunnel syndrome (CubTS).
  
  
  
  One hundred patients with CubTS were compared with 100 controls with ulnar abutment syndrome matched for age, gender, and body mass index. The smoking status was compared between patients and controls using the sign test and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Conditional logistic regression was used to calculate the association between CubTS and pack-years smoked.
  
  
  
  A significant association was found between increased pack-years smoked and CubTS. A significant difference in the number of never smokers and ever smokers was observed between the patients with CubTS and controls. The difference in mean pack-years in the patients and controls was highly significant. A dose-dependent association with pack-years was found between patients and controls.
  
  
  
  High cumulative cigarette smoking is associated with CubTS. Muscle Nerve 54: 1136-1138, 2016.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.|Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Taku
authors: T
authors: Suzuki
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Takuji
authors: T
authors: Iwamoto
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Kensuke
authors: K
authors: Ochi
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Kazuaki
authors: K
authors: Mito
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Toshiyasu
authors: T
authors: Nakamura
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
authors: Katsuji
authors: K
authors: Suzuki
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
authors: Harumoto
authors: H
authors: Yamada
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Kazuki
authors: K
authors: Sato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D020430:Cubital Tunnel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cubital tunnel syndrome; pathogenesis; risk factor; smoking; ulnar neuropathy