Lack of hyperlipidemia in carpal tunnel syndrome

115 females with a definitive diagnosis of a carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are compared with a corresponding age-matched group of healthy females with regard to their lipidemic parameters. The incidence of hyperlipoproteinemias in CTS patients was equal to that in the control group so that hyperlipoproteinemia is unlikely to be a probable cause of the entrapment syndrome. A statistically significant increase in the level of alpha-lipoprotein (high-density lipoprotein) was found which cannot be readily explained.