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Objectives: To evaluate the anthropometric characteristics of feet in female patients with type 2 diabetes in Hung Yen. Subjects and methods: Direct measurement, photography and direct interview, statistics, analysis and comparison of foot size of 412 female patients with diabetes from 35 - 65 years old and normal women’s. Results: The percentage of injured feet accounted for 51.2%. The foot circumference of diabetic patients with different lesions was different from that of healthy women. The median duration of illness was 3.9 years. The percentage of patients with diabetes from 50 - 65 years old accounted for 84.9%. Conclusion: There was no difference in foot length size between the study subjects and healthy women but there was a great disparity of the height, width and foot circumference. Thus, there needs to build a foot size system (shoes form size) for those patients. * Keywords: Foot anthropometry; Diabetic foot characteristics; Female diabetes.

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the anthropometric characteristics of feet in female patients with type 2 diabetes in Hung Yen. Subjects and methods: Direct measurement, photography and direct interview, statistics, analysis and comparison of foot size of 412 female patients with diabetes from 35 - 65 years old and normal women’s. Results: The percentage of injured feet accounted for 51.2%. The foot circumference of diabetic patients with different lesions was different from that of healthy women. The median duration of illness was 3.9 years. The percentage of patients with diabetes from 50 - 65 years old accounted for 84.9%. Conclusion: There was no difference in foot length size between the study subjects and healthy women but there was a great disparity of the height, width and foot circumference. Thus, there needs to build a foot size system (shoes form size) for those patients. * Keywords: Foot anthropometry; Diabetic foot characteristics; Female diabetes.