Characteristics of Plantar Pressure Distribution in Diabetes with or without Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Peripheral Arterial Disease
Table 5
HP% of segmented and total plantar regions.
Region
HP% (%)
P value
DPN-PAD
DPN
PAD
D
HC
DPN-PAD vs. HC
DPN vs. HC
PAD vs. HC
D vs. HC
T
13.1 ± 12.2
11.3 ± 7.5
16.2 ± 7.0
15.6 ± 11.7
11.6 ± 9.0
0.581
0.901
0.146
0.132
LF
28.1 ± 18.4
30.5 ± 20.7
32.1 ± 17.7∗
22.6 ± 22.0
20.0 ± 16.6
0.075
0.063
0.049∗
0.603
IF
55.6 ± 18.6
66.9 ± 15.1∗
59.5 ± 11.7
45.4 ± 19.7
51.8 ± 22.2
0.485
0.033∗
0.319
0.260
MF
32.5 ± 18.4
27.2 ± 15.1
22.4 ± 10.5
26.3 ± 18.5
26.0 ± 17.4
0.166
0.838
0.531
0.963
M
2.0 ± 4.0
2.3 ± 3.2
0.6 ± 1.0
1.1 ± 2.1
1.5 ± 3.0
0.637
0.440
0.338
0.517
LH
41.9 ± 13.5
36.6 ± 10.4
42.6 ± 12.5
36.8 ± 17.4
39.0 ± 14.5
0.427
0.607
0.482
0.595
MH
34.9 ± 11.0
31.2 ± 9.7
34.3 ± 8.9
33.9 ± 14.5
32.1 (10.0)
0.298
0.797
0.530
0.556
Total
25.1 (7.1)∗
24.0 (3.9)
24.7 (5.0)
22.1 (8.7)
21.4 (6.4)
0.035∗
0.204
0.147
0.729
Values with ∗indicate statistically significant difference compared with HC. Abbreviations: HP% = proportion of high pressure (>200 kPa) area; T = toes; LF = lateral forefoot; IF = inner forefoot; MF = medial forefoot; M = midfoot; LH = lateral heel; MH = medial heel. Total is the proportion of high pressure area in the total plantar area.
