Characteristics of Plantar Pressure Distribution in Diabetes with or without Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Peripheral Arterial Disease

Table 4

Normalized value (scale to total plantar contact area) of contact area of segmented plantar regions.

Region	Normalized contact area (%)					P value
	DPN-PAD	DPN	PAD	D	HC	DPN-PAD vs. HC	DPN vs. HC	PAD vs. HC	D vs. HC
T	17.5 ± 1.4	17.1 ± 1.9	16.8 ± 1.4	16.9 ± 2.1	17.4 ± 1.8	0.94	0.617	0.330	0.267
LF	7.0 ± 0.8	6.9 ± 1.1	6.8 ± 1.1	7.2 ± 1.1	7.0 ± 2.0	0.907	0.867	0.679	0.710
IF	9.8 ± 0.8	9.6 ± 0.6	9.5 ± 0.8	9.6 ± 0.7	9.6 ± 1.6	0.562	0.946	0.905	0.872
MF	9.0 ± 1.5	9.2 ± 1.5	9.3 ± 1.0	9.0 ± 1.2	8.7 ± 2.2	0.601	0.482	0.464	0.554
M	25.8 ± 4.1	26.7 ± 3.5	26.2 ± 3.8	26.8 ± 3.6	29.3 ± 4.9	0.005	0.101	0.217	0.097
LH	16.4 ± 2.3	16.6 ± 2.1	16.8 ± 1.5	16.4 ± 2.0	16.0 ± 3.4	0.555	0.529	0.459	0.573
MH	14.5 ± 1.2	13.7 ± 1.5	13.6 ± 1.6	14.1 ± 1.3	14.4 ± 2.7	0.883	0.382	0.363	0.581

Values with indicate statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) compared with HC. Abbreviations T = toes; LF = lateral forefoot; IF = inner forefoot; MF = medial forefoot; M = midfoot; LH = lateral heel; MH = medial heel; total = total plantar area.