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Plantar Pressure Characteristics with Foot Postures and Balance Abilities in Indigenous Taiwanese: A Preliminary Exploration
Tong-Hsien Chow
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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944943
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944943
Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the anthropometric characteristics of the groups.
| Characteristic | Control group* | Indigenous group** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Age (years) | 20.0 (18.0–22.0) | 20.0 (18.0–22.0) | 20.0 (18.0–22.0) | 21.0 (19.0–21.0) | 21.0 (19.0–21.0) | 20.0 (19.0–21.0) |
| Height (cm) | 167.0 (153.0–182.0) | 168.0 (154.0–182.0) | 164.0 (153.0–178.0) | 167.0 (152.0–187.0) | 171.0 (163.0–187.0) | 165.0 (152.0–184.0) |
| Weight (kg) | 62.4±6.6 | 66.5±4.7 | 57.9±5.3 | 62.6±8.7 | 67.4±3.7 | 56.1±6.7 |
| BMI | 22.5±1.5 | 23.3±0.5 | 21.6±1.8 | 22.1±2.0 | 23.0±0.9 | 20.7±1.5 |
| BMI – body mass index (calculated as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters). Normally distributed data are given as mean±SD and non-normally distributed data are expressed as median (IQR). Statistical significances between the control group (=183; male=95, female=88) and the Indigenous group (=165; male=83, female=82) were determined by the independent sample test and noted as * Non-Indigenous students (control group) were healthy eligible college and university students; ** Indigenous students (Indigenous group) were age-matched eligible college and university Indigenous students who were neither specific elite athletes nor have trained in other sports professionally. | ||||||