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.