Goshima Soraya, Fagundes-Neto Ulysses, Morais Mauro Batista de
Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Arq Gastroenterol. 2004 Jan-Mar;41(1):37-41. doi: 10.1590/s0004-28032004000100008. Epub 2004 Oct 15.
The dermatoglyphics can be used to study the participation of genetic factors in many diseases. There is controversy concerning the association between the dermatoglyphic pattern of digital arches and constipation.
To compare the dermatoglyphic patterns among children with and without chronic constipation in relation to the dermatoglyphic patterns and characteristics of stools of their mothers.
Three groups of children aged from 2 to 12 years and their mothers were studied: 35 patients with severe chronic constipation, 45 children with mild chronic constipation and 51 children without constipation. The fingerprints were taken and evaluated by a datiloscopy technicist and classified in arch, radial loop, ulnar loop, whorl and others.
Digital arches were found in 25.7% of severe constipated patients, 28.9% of mild constipated children and in 23.5% of controls. There was not a statistical significant association. Constipation was found in 51,9% (68/131) of the mothers. Arches were found in 35.3% of the mother with constipation and in 42.9% of mothers without constipation. There was a slight association between constipation in children and in theirs mothers (Kappa coefficient = +0.16).
The dermatoglyphics were not useful to identify the influence of genetic in constipation. There was not association between the dermatoglyphic pattern of digital arch and constipation both in children and in their mothers. Only a slight concordance was found between constipation in children and in their mothers.
皮纹学可用于研究遗传因素在多种疾病中的作用。关于数字弓状纹皮纹模式与便秘之间的关联存在争议。
比较患有和未患有慢性便秘的儿童的皮纹模式，以及与其母亲的皮纹模式和粪便特征的关系。
对三组年龄在2至12岁的儿童及其母亲进行了研究：35例严重慢性便秘患者、45例轻度慢性便秘儿童和51例无便秘儿童。由一名指纹鉴定技术员采集指纹并进行评估，将其分类为弓状纹、桡侧箕纹、尺侧箕纹、斗形纹和其他类型。
在严重便秘患者中，25.7%出现数字弓状纹；轻度便秘儿童中，28.9%出现数字弓状纹；对照组中，23.5%出现数字弓状纹。不存在统计学上的显著关联。在母亲中，51.9%（68/131）患有便秘。患有便秘的母亲中，35.3%出现弓状纹；无便秘的母亲中，42.9%出现弓状纹。儿童便秘与其母亲便秘之间存在轻微关联（卡帕系数 = +0.16）。
皮纹学对于识别遗传因素在便秘中的影响并无帮助。儿童及其母亲的数字弓状纹皮纹模式与便秘之间均无关联。仅在儿童便秘与其母亲便秘之间发现了轻微的一致性。
