Table 3

The percentage of participants in each group, who perceived the monofilaments at all sites.

Monofilament

NEW n = 80

EST n = 91

Comparison n = 73

p value

2-gram

19%

9%

52%

<0.001

4-gram

51%

33%

81%

<0.001

6-gram

64%

48%

90%

= 0.003

8-gram

75%

66%

99%

< 0.001

10-gram

84%

79%

100%

= 0.004

Thomson et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008 1:9   doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-9