Fig. 1.
Mean values of body weight, body height and Cole’s index of the examined children
| Body weight (kg) | Body height (cm) | Cole’s index (%) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M±SD | min-max | M±SD | min-max | M±SD | min-max | n.s | |
| ♀ | 21.5±3.8 | 16.1-31.4 | 116.4±5.3 | 106.0-124.0 | 105.8±14.9 | 87.0-138.0 | n.s |
| ♂ | 20.7±2.8 | 16.5-29.2 | 115.8±5.8 | 107.5-135.0 | 90.9±8.0 | 78.0-108.0 | n.s |
Correlations between the Cole’s index and foot parameters among girls and boys
| ♀ | ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole’s index | ||||
| R | p | R | p | |
| Wejsflog index-left foot | 0.214 | 0.379 | -0.030 | 0.885 |
| Length-width indicator – left foot | -0.250 | 0.302 | 0.150 | 0.474 |
| Angle α - left foot | 0.284 | 0.239 | 0.299 | 0.147 |
| Angle β - left foot | 0.298 | 0.216 | 0.059 | 0.779 |
| Angle γ - left foot | 0.375 | 0.114 | 0.071 | 0.735 |
| Wejsflog index-right foot | 0.374 | 0.115 | 0.084 | 0.689 |
| Length-width indicator-right foot | -0.636 | 0.003** | -0.281 | 0.173 |
| Angle α - right foot | 0.377 | 0.112 | 0.389 | 0.055 |
| Angle β - right foot | 0.121 | 0.621 | 0.027 | 0.897 |
| Angle γ - right foot | 0.525 | 0.021* | 0.187 | 0.372 |
Mean values of the angle of the big toe, small toe and heel of the examined children
| Angle α | ||
|---|---|---|
| Right foot | Left foot | |
| M±SD | M±SD | |
| ♀ | 1.3±5.7 | 1.8±4.4 |
| ♂ | 2.6±6.0 | 3.3±5.0 |
| Angle β | ||
| ♀ | 10.0±5.0 | 9.1±4.6 |
| ♂ | 10.5±4.3 | 10.3±4.0 |
| Angle γ | ||
| ♀ | 15.6±4.2 | 16.3±2.3 |
| ♂ | 16.7±2.3 | 16.9±1.9 |
Mean values of indicators defining longitudinal arching and transverse arch of the foot
| Wejsflog index | Length-width indicator | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right foot | Left foot | Right foot | Left foot | |
| M± SD | M± SD | M±SD | M±SD | |
| ♂ | 44.8±16.4 | 57.8±19.2 | 2.1±0.2 | 2.1±0.1 |
| ♂ | 52.3±20.1 | 57.5±27.5 | 2.1±0.3 | 2.1±0.2 |
Distributions of the analyzed variables
| ♀ | ♂ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-W | n | p | S-W | n | p | |
| 0.924 | 19 | 0.134 | 0.951 | 25 | 0.262 | |
| Wejsflog index-left foot | 0.931 | 19 | 0.177 | 0.937 | 25 | 0.128 |
| Length-width indicator - left foot | 0.937 | 19 | 0.232 | 0.898 | 25 | 0.017* |
| Angle α - left foot | 0.915 | 19 | 0.091 | 0.971 | 25 | 0.662 |
| Angle β - left foot | 0.972 | 19 | 0.813 | 0.963 | 25 | 0.477 |
| Angle γ - left foot | 0.889 | 19 | 0.031* | 0.932 | 25 | 0.095 |
| Wejsflog index-right foot | 0.939 | 19 | 0.249 | 0.957 | 25 | 0.353 |
| Length-width indicator-right foot | 0.901 | 19 | 0.052 | 0.909 | 25 | 0.028* |
| Angle α - right foot | 0.933 | 19 | 0.196 | 0.981 | 25 | 0.909 |
| Angle β - right foot | 0.977 | 19 | 0.905 | 0.967 | 25 | 0.569 |
| Angle γ - right foot | 0.964 | 19 | 0.654 | 0.933 | 25 | 0.103 |