Table 4.
Difference of right foot and shoe measurements in participants with and without DS (both feet, standing position).
| Shoe Measurement in Standing Position | With DS n (%) |
Without DS n (%) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size too big and Excessive width | 1 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.001 |
| Size too big and Correct width | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Size too big and Insufficient width | 12 (24%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Correct shoe fitting and Excessive width | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Correct shoe fitting and Correct width | 8 (16.0%) | 50 (90.9%) | |
| Correct shoe fitting and Insufficient width | 4 (8.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Shoe fitting too small and Excessive width | 1 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Shoe fitting too small and Correct width | 4 (8.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Shoe fitting too small and Insufficient width | 20 (40.0%) | 5 (9.1%) | |
| Total | 50 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
Abbreviations: DS, Down syndrome. In all the analyses, p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.