Table 4

Peak plantar pressure during walking at different regions of the foot for all participants and for the groups with and with no future ulceration occurrence

Continuous parameterAllNo-ulcer occurrenceWith ulcer occurrenceSurvival analysis Cox univariate regressionMann-Whitney U testUnivariate logistic regression
MedianRangen‡MedianRangen‡MedianRangen‡HR
(95% CI)*
P- survival analysis *P-differences†OR (95% CI)‡P-value logistic regression‡
Plantar pressure at hallux (kPa)250758181025075816872556881230.999 (0.998 to 1.001)0.4460.9661.000 (0.998 to 1.001)0.656
Plantar pressure at second toe (kPa)130695181012869516871354151231.001 (0.998 to 1.003)0.4580.5011.001 (0.999 to 1.003)0.324
Plantar pressure at third toe (kPa)854481810854481687883681231.000 (0.997 to 1.003)0.8250.8921.000 (0.997 to 1.004)0.808
Plantar pressure at fourth toe (kPa)583551810583551687572231230.996 (0.992 to 1.001)0.0920.2860.997 (0.993 to 1.002)0.269
Plantar pressure at fifth toe (kPa)302481810302481687231701230.990 (0.983 to 0.998)0.0110.0080.991 (0.983 to 0.998)0.005
Plantar pressure first MTH (kPa)158758181015875816871584751231.003 (1.001 to 1.005)0.0150.2171.001 (0.999 to 1.003)0.366
Plantar pressure at second MTH (kPa)203605181020360516872085431231.001 (0.998 to 1.003)0.5560.3071.002 (0.999 to 1.004)0.219
Plantar pressure at third MTH (kPa)225911181022591116872236651231.000 (0.998 to 1.002)0.9870.8591.001 (0.999 to 1.004)0.326
Plantar pressure at fourth MTH (kPa)213883181021388316872086451231.000 (0.997 to 1.002)0.8620.8431.001 (0.998 to 1.003)0.595
Plantar pressure at fifth MTH (kPa)1831000181018378816871789801231.000 (0.999 to 1.002)0.7070.4391.000 (0.999 to 1.002)0.753
Plantar pressure at lateral midfoot (kPa)784101810784101687763051230.999 (0.993 to 1.005)0.6600.4080.998 (0.992 to 1.003)0.425
Plantar pressure at center of midfoot (kPa)10536518101053531687983531230.997 (0.992 to 1.001)0.1050.4191.000 (0.996 to 1.004)0.871
Plantar pressure at medial midfoot (kPa)682151810682151687651401230.998 (0.990 to 1.005)0.5910.3100.996 (0.989 to 1.003)0.284
Plantar pressure at lateral hindfoot (kPa)110293181011029316871002151230.998 (0.993 to 1.003)0.4960.0180.994 (0.989 to 1.000)0.034
Plantar pressure at center of hindfoot (kPa)165458181016545816871702451230.998 (0.994 to 1.002)0.4300.8961.000 (0.996 to 1.004)0.992
Plantar pressure at medical hind foot (kPa)115420181011542016871132151231.001 (0.997 to 1.005)0.6350.2790.997 (0.993 to 1.002)0.228
  • P values <0.05 indicate a significant association and are shown in bold in the table.

  • *Based on univariate Cox survival analysis.

  • †Mann-Whitney U test.

  • ‡Based on univariate logistic regression.

  • MTH, metatarsal head.