Research Article

BMI, HOMA-IR, and Fasting Blood Glucose Are Significant Predictors of Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction in Adult Overweight and Obese Nondiabetic Nepalese Individuals: A Study from Central Nepal

Table 1

Descriptive of outcome variables with nerve function and number of nerves involved in abnormality.

Type of nervesOutcome variables
Peripheral nerve function ()⁢Number of nerves involved ()
Normal, (%)Abnormal, (%)<2, (%)≥2, (%)

Motor nerve23 (46)27 (54)36 (72)14 (28)
Sensory nerve14 (28)36 (72)23 (46)27 (54)
Mixed nerve10 (20)40 (80)15 (30)35 (70)