Correlation between diabetic peripheral neuropathy and thyroid hormone sensitivity in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Correlation analysis between free triiodothyronine/free thyroxine levels and neuro conductivity and skin conductance indicators

	r	P value
Median nerve motor latency (millisecond)	-0.093	0.139
Median nerve motor amplitude (mV)	0.076	0.226
Median nerve motor velocity (m/second)	0.156	0.013
Common peroneal nerve motor latency (millisecond)	0.012	0.848
Common peroneal nerve motor amplitude (mV)	-0.027	0.670
Common peroneal nerve motor velocity (m/second)	0.027	0.667
Median nerve sensory latency (millisecond)	-0.103	0.101
Median nerve sensory amplitude (mV)	0.107	0.089
Median nerve sensory velocity (m/second)	0.098	0.117
Common peroneal nerve sensory latency (millisecond)	-0.028	0.662
Common peroneal nerve sensory amplitude (mV)	0.076	0.225
Common peroneal nerve sensory velocity (m/second)	0.040	0.526
F-min (millisecond)	-0.084	0.186
M-latency (millisecond)	-0.088	0.161
Two-legged ESC (microsecond)	0.177	0.005
Two-handed ESC (microsecond)	0.154	0.015

F-min: Minimum latency of the F-wave; M-latency: Median nerve motor evoked potential latency; ESC: Electrochemical skin conductance.