The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Foot Parameters.
- Author:
Jun Keuk WANG
1
;
Dong Hee LEE
;
Sung Ho JANG
;
Kyu Hoon LEE
;
Si Bog PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea. sibopark@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Foot parameters;
3D foot scan;
Obesity;
Body mass index
- MeSH:
Body Mass Index*;
Female;
Foot*;
Humans;
Obesity;
Volunteers
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2004;28(6):606-612
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and foot parameters. METHOD: We examined 1, 107 feet of 872 volunteers (male: 325, female: 547) with 3D foot scanner (Nexcan , K & I, Korea). The relations of BMI and foot parameters were analyzed by partial correlation analysis with adjusted height. We classified subjects into 4 groups by BMI; low-weight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal-weight (18.5~22.9 kg/m2), over- weight (23.0~24.9 kg/m2) and obesity (>25 kg/m2) group. The relations of these groups and foot parameters were analyzed by univariate ANOVA with fixed height. RESULTS: Instep point length, ball width and girth, waist, instep height and girth, and vamp height showed a positive relation to BMI (p<0.01). However, foot parameters related to longitudinal length and medial longitudinal arch had no significant relation to BMI (p<0.01). Ball width and girth, waist, instep height and girth, vamp height were significantly highest in obesity group compared to the other groups (p<0.05). However, foot parameters related to longitudinal length and medial longitudinal arch showed no significant difference between these 4 groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: This study showed that BMI was positively related to height, width, girth of foot. But, BMI had no significant relation to length of foot, and medial longitudinal arch.
