Feet deformities and their close association with postural stability deficits in children aged 10–15 years

Table 2 Statistically significant morphological variables of the feet within the study group, stratified by gender

Variables	Boys		Girls		Z	p
Variables	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Z	p
Length - L foot	238.15	17.85	229.53	14.04	−3.094	0.002
Length - R foot	237.81	17.48	229.41	14.1	−3.118	0.002
Width - L foot	88.77	6.34	85.47	6.35	−3.399	0.001
Width - R foot	89.12	6.35	85.9	6.59	−3.128	0.002
Hallux valgus angle (α) P	4.16	3.48	6.12	4.1	3.642	< 0.001

Mean-arithmetic mean, SD-standard deviation, Z- statistical values of the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test for two independent samples, p-level of significance, L-left, R-right

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