Research Article

Distribution of the Highest Plantar Pressure Regions in Patients with Diabetes and Its Association with Peripheral Neuropathy, Gender, Age, and BMI: One Centre Study

Table 2

Association between APD for the forefoot, lateral part of the foot, midfoot, and BMI.

NT
(%)
Patients without abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the forefoot
(%)
Patients with abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the forefoot
(%)
Patients without abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the lateral part of the foot
(%)
Patients with abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the lateral part of the foot
(%)
Patients without abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the midfoot
(%)
Patients with abnormal plantar pressure distribution within the midfoot
(%)

128 (15.6)693 (84.4)665 (81.0)156 (19.0)808 (98.4)13 (1.6)
40 (26.1)113 (73.9)93 (60.8)60 (39.2)140 (91.5)13 (8.5)
0.0015<0.0001<0.0001

A value of <0.05 is considered statistically significant. Data are presented as number (percentage). BMI: body mass index; NT: total number of patients; APD: abnormal plantar pressure distribution.