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Table 3 Gender differences in Clarke’s angle, Sztriter-Godunov index and Wejsflog index levels

From: Characteristics of paediatric foot arches according to body mass among primary school students in Wrocław, Poland

 

Left foot

Right foot

Gender

Mean ± SD

Min.-Max

Q1

Me

Q3

p-value

Mean ± SD

Min.-Max

Q1

Me

Q3

p-value

Clarke’s angle (CL angle)

 Boys

46.73 ± 10.23

8–74

41

47

53

p = 0.407

47.35 ± 9.31

4–76

42

48

53

p = 0.918

 Girls

46.50 ± 9.05

5–76

41

46

52

47.75 ± 7.89

23–73

42

47

52

Sztriter-Godunov index (K-y index)

 Boys

0.41 ± 0.21

0–1

0.34

0.21

0.54

p = 0.013

0.41 ± 0.20

0–1

0.35

0.45

0.52

p = 0.005

 Girls

0.37 ± 0.20

0–1

0.30

0.42

0.50

0.38 ± 0.18

0–0.84

0.31

0.41

0.49

Wejsflog index (W index)

 Boys

2.79 ± 0.17

2.30–3.20

2.65

2.76

2.87

p = 0.045

2.77 ± 0.16

2.31–3.20

2.67

2.78

2.88

p = 0.104

 Girls

2.79 ± 0.15

2.43–3.23

2.69

2.78

2.91

2.79 ± 0.15

2.41–3.19

2.69

2.79

2.89

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, Min. Minimum value, Max. Maximum value, Me Median, Q1 Lower quartile, Q3 Upper quartile
  2. *Significant p-values (< 0.05) are in bold