Polynesian and Caucasian populations

Although Polynesians are affected by idiopathic club foot deformity more commor than other racial groups, epidemiological surveys performed in Auckland and Glasgow showed: other significant difference in their pattern of presentation compared with Caucasians. Distinctio in sex ratio and maternal age, reported previously between groups of index cases with and withou family history of the condition, were not confirmed in either racial group, and the predominance right sided over left sided unilateral cases was no greater in Polynesians than in Caucasians. The was an excess of sporadic cases born to very young mothers among the Maori population.