Table 2.
Variations of the Plantar Forepart Thermographic Patterns
| Control group (n = 64) | DM group (n = 258) | ||||
| Subjective21 | Proposed | Subjective21 | Proposed | ||
| Type 1 | (butterfly) | 31 | 28 | 60 | 31 | 
| Type 2 | (whole high) | 15 | 12 | 120 | 118 | 
| Type 3 | (inverse butterfly) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Type 4 | (inner high) | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 
| Type 5 | (whole low) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 
| Type 6 | (forefoot low) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 
| Type 7 | (tiptoe low) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 
| Atypical | (anomaly) | 16 | 17 | 33 | 60 | 
| Total | 64 | 64 | 258 | 258 | |