Table 2 Means and standard deviations of forefoot (FFW), midfoot (MFW) and rearfoot widths (RFW) normalized by children’s height (%), Chippaux-Smirak Index (CSI) and Staheli’s Index (SI) of the Brazilian and German populations

3

5.89 (0.42)

5.84 (0.35)

2.85 (0.95)

2.72 (0.98)

3.36 (0.30)

3.27 (0.26)

48.8 (16.0)

46.4 (16.1)

0.83 (0.24)

0.84 (0.28)

4

5.76 (0.47)

5.84 (0.36)

2.80 (1.05)*

2.44 (0.93)

3.38 (0.27)*

3.13 (0.28)

48.4 (17.5)*

41.5 (15.0)

0.81 (0.28)

0.78 (0.29)

5

5.53 (0.46)

5.86 (0.32)*

2.19 (1.10)

2.28 (0.83)

3.13 (0.29)

3.15 (0.23)

39.2 (20.2)

38.0 (12.9)

0.68 (0.32)

0.72 (0.25)

6

5.61 (0.32)

5.77 (0.35)*

2.08 (1.02)

2.06 (0.82)

3.13 (0.27)

3.13 (0.21)

37.6 (19.0)

35.3 (13.3)

0.66 (0.31)

0.65 (0.26)

7 and 8

5.47 (0.43)

5.67 (0.35)*

1.77 (0.85)

1.70 (0.90)

3.09 (0.29)

3.03 (0.21)

32.1 (14.5)

29.6 (15.4)

0.57 (0.25)

0.55 (0.29)

9

5.46 (0.36)

5.67 (0.41)*

1.65 (0.96)

1.73 (0.88)

3.03 (0.28)

3.01 (0.27)

30.4 (17.0)

30.1 (15.0)

0.54 (0.29)

0.57 (0.29)

10

5.47 (0.32)

5.60 (0.37)

1.41 (0.74)

1.68 (0.83)

2.94 (0.32)

2.95 (0.24)

26.0 (13.4)

29.2 (14.9)

0.46 (0.23)

0.55 (0.28)