Study on finger and palmar dermatoglyphics among the Sunni Muslims of West Bengal
TL;DR: Bilateral palm and fingerprints of 225 Sunni Muslim males of Howrah district, West Bengal, India were studied and revealed that among adult Sunni Muslin males, the overall frequency of whorl was higher followed by loop and arch.
Abstract: Bilateral palm and fingerprints of 225 Sunni Muslim males of Howrah district, West Bengal, India were studied in the present cross-sectional study. Dermatoglyphic trait includes finger ball pattern...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the levels of dermatoglyphic asymmetry between both parents and individuals with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) and unaffected control trios were analyzed.
Abstract: Objective: The objective of this work was to analyse the levels of dermatoglyphic asymmetry between both parents and individuals with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) and unaffected control trios. Methods: A case-control analysis was carried out of 51 affected trios (unaffected parents and NSCL/P subjects), and 50 unaffected control trios. Finger and palm prints were taken from each participant, and dermatoglyphic patterns, the number of lines on the digits, and the palmar angles were recorded. To determine the level of fluctuating asymmetry the case group was compared with the control group, significance accepted at p ≤ 0.05. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the atd angles (angle between the lines triradii a and t and triradii t and d) of fathers of those affected by NSCL/P, and the dermatoglyphic patterns of the affected mothers, with significantly more arches in the control group. However, in this study, multiple comparisons were used, and the resu...
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"Study on finger and palmar dermatog..." refers methods in this paper
...Standard ink methods for fingerprints and palm prints as described in Cummins and Midlo (1961) were used....
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...The predominant main line type 11-9-7- in Sunni Muslim was also observed in caste (Bhasin et al. 1994) and tribal (Reddy and Reddy 2006) populations of India....
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...…have been done in diferent parts of India to understand the ethnic and population differentiation of dermatoglyphic traits (Singh and Bhasin 1980; Bhasin et al. 1994; Bhasin and Walter 2001; Reddy and Reddy 2006) and revealed regional, linguistic and population level variations in the…...
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TL;DR: The presence of significant yet mild ABRC reductions in schizophrenia confirmed the presence of a subtle deviance from the norm and could be present in certain subsets of patients, possibly those who suffered early developmental insults.
Abstract: Background Patients with schizophrenia show deviances in their dermatoglyphics, in particular reductions in palmar a–b ridge counts (ABRCs), which are evidence of an early developmental deviance. However, the severity or the origin of these ABRC changes has not been established. Method (i) We examined the published literature on the ABRC in patients with schizophrenia against controls with a random effects meta-analysis. (ii) We used linear regression to study the ABRC in our sample of families including 125 patients with schizophrenia, 107 of their unaffected relatives and 98 controls. (iii) The effect of obstetric complications on the patient's ABRC was examined using the Lewis Murray scale. Results The pooled standardised effect size of ABRC differences between patients and controls obtained by our meta-analysis was 0.39 (95% CI: 0.05–0.73; p =0.03). In our sample, there were no significant differences in ABRCs between those with schizophrenia, their relatives and controls. Only those patients with obstetric complications had significantly reduced ABRC compared to controls ( p =0.01). Conclusions We confirmed the presence of significant yet mild ABRC reductions in schizophrenia. These represent a subtle deviance from the norm and could be present in certain subsets of patients, possibly those who suffered early developmental insults.
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...Dermatoglyphics was often claimed to be associated with several diseases like congenital heart disease (Alter and Schulenberg 1970), schizophrenia (Bramon et al. 2005), cancer (Abbasi et al. 2006), diabetes (Kumbnani 2007) and other genetic disorders (Mukherjee 2006)....
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TL;DR: The present study confirms previous reports that the atd angle may be increased in CHD and analyzes dermatoglyphic traits of 225 individuals with CHD to confirm this.
Abstract: Dermatoglyphics form in utero during early gestation and may be influenced by genetic or environmental factors operating at that time. Since cardiac embryogenesis also occurs during early gestation, an analysis of dermatoglyphics in congenital heart disease (CHD) might reveal some types which are associated with aberrant dermatoglyphics. Ten dermatoglyphic traits were analyzed in 225 individuals with CHD proved, in most instances, by extensive radiologic studies and at surgery. These traits were compared with dermatoglyphics in 200 normal control subjects. The analysis revealed that the atd angle was significantly increased in CHD. Except for endocardial fibroelastosis and atrioventricular canal, all subtypes of CHD had a wider atd angle than controls. In ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot, and multiple cardiac defects, the increase was statistically significant. The present study confirms previous reports that the atd angle may be increased in CHD.
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...Dermatoglyphics was often claimed to be associated with several diseases like congenital heart disease (Alter and Schulenberg 1970), schizophrenia (Bramon et al. 2005), cancer (Abbasi et al. 2006), diabetes (Kumbnani 2007) and other genetic disorders (Mukherjee 2006)....
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TL;DR: Digital dermatoglyphics may play an important role in identifying women either with or at increased risk for breast cancer so that either risk reduction measures or earlier therapy may be instituted.
Abstract: The objective was to study the relationship of digital dermatogletphic patterns of hands in women with breast cancer and or at risk for developing breast cancer. Fingerprints were studied in 616 women in three groups: (1) 154 breast cancer patients (2) 154 females at increased risk for developing breast cancer and (3) 308 control females for the purpose of finding patterns that would identify those women with breast cancer or those who are predisposed to its development. A pattern of 6 or more digital Whorls was identified more frequently in women with breast cancer (48.7%) as compared in the control group to (27.5%) (P < 0.05). It was also more frequent in women with known risk factors for breast cancer (47.4%) as compared in the control group to (27.5%) (P < 0.05). No obvious differences were noted in women at increased risk for developing breast cancer (47.4%) when compared with women who had breast cancer (48.7%). Digital dermatoglyphics may play an important role in identifying women either with or at increased risk for breast cancer so that either risk reduction measures or earlier therapy may be instituted. (authors)
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"Study on finger and palmar dermatog..." refers background in this paper
...Dermatoglyphics was often claimed to be associated with several diseases like congenital heart disease (Alter and Schulenberg 1970), schizophrenia (Bramon et al. 2005), cancer (Abbasi et al. 2006), diabetes (Kumbnani 2007) and other genetic disorders (Mukherjee 2006)....
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