Table 4

Presence of conduction block and temporal dispersion in POEMS syndrome compared with CIDP controls

	POEMS (n=138)			CIDP (N=69)			p Value
	No of nerves eval	No of affected	% affected	No of nerves eval	No of affected	% affected	p Value
Conduction block
Ulnar	130	11	8.5	65	14	21.5	0.01^*
Median	52	2	3.9	28	4	14.3	0.11
Peroneal	26	1	3.9	52	13	25	0.047
Tibial	30	2	6.7	54	15	27.8	0.03
Total	238	16	6.7	199	46	23.1	<0.0001^*
Temporal dispersion
Ulnar	94	6	6.4	53	10	18.9	0.03
Median	29	7	24.1	20	1	5	0.11
Peroneal	16	2	12.5	43	8	18.6	0.58
Tibial	19	6	31.6	45	9	20	0.32
Total	158	21	13.3	161	28	17.4	0.001^*

↵* Indicates p values that retained significance using false discovery rate adjustment.
CIDP, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.