Some Foot Troubles Hit Blacks, Whites More Often FRIDAY Nov. 12,
2010 -- Black Americans are more likely than whites to have
common foot disorders such as flat feet and corns, new research
shows. In the study, researchers from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill examined the feet of 1,536 volunteers
and found that blacks aged 45 and older were three times more
likely than whites of the same age to have corns or flat feet.
Among people who were not obese, blacks were twice as likely to
have bunions and hammer toes. However, no significant
differences by race were found for these two conditions among
obese people. "That suggests there is a real racial difference
there, that it's not something where obesity is also playing a
role," lead author Yvonne M. Golightly, a postdoctoral fellow at
UNC's Thurston Arthritis Research Center, said in a university
news release. The study also found that Tailor's bunions
(inflammation at the base of the little toe) was nearly five
times more common in whites than b