Table 3. Comparison of the perception of footwear comfort of the studied women and men.
| Variable | Women | Men | Mann–Whitney U test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Me | Mean ± SD | Me | ||
| Shoe length | 8.68 ± 1.08 | 9.00 | 8.32 ± 1.60 | 8.00 | Z = 0.78; p = 0.438 |
| Shoe forefoot width | 8.44 ± 1.61 | 9.00 | 8.30 ± 1.46 | 9.00 | Z = 0.87; p = 0.387 |
| Shoe heel width | 7.20 ± 1.14 | 7.00 | 6.60 ± 1.29 | 7.00 | Z = 2.29; p = 0.022* |
| Heel height | 7.42 ± 0.97 | 7.00 | 6.94 ± 1.48 | 7.00 | Z = 1.46; p = 0.143 |
| Heel cushioning | 7.00 ± 1.12 | 7.00 | 6.60 ± 1.32 | 7.00 | Z = 1.84; p = 0.066 |
| Forefoot cushioning | 7.48 ± 1.09 | 7.50 | 7.16 ± 1.36 | 7.00 | Z = 0.81; p = 0.416 |
| Arch height | 7.52 ± 1.05 | 8.00 | 6.84 ± 1.22 | 7.00 | Z = 2.50; p = 0.013* |
| Mediolateral control | 7.06 ± 1.00 | 7.00 | 6.86 ± 1.28 | 7.00 | Z = 0.46; p = 0.644 |
| Overall comfort | 8.96 ± 1.11 | 9.00 | 8.38 ± 1.50 | 9.00 | Z = 1.96; p = 0.049* |
| Material properties of footwear | 8.16 ± 1.09 | 8.00 | 7.44 ± 1.43 | 7.50 | Z = 2.40; p = 0.017* |
Notes.
Mean, arithmetical average value; SD, standard deviation; Me, median; Z, value of the Mann–Whitney U test statistic; p, probability value.
*
α = 0.05.