Kc Sudikshya, Maharjan Niroj, Adhikari Nischita, Shrestha Pragya
Department of Anatomy, National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal.
Department of Physiology, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Anat Res Int. 2018 Jan 18;2018:2848974. doi: 10.1155/2018/2848974. eCollection 2018.
Dermatoglyphics, the study of epidermal ridges on palm, sole, and digits, is considered as most effective and reliable evidence of identification. The fingerprints were studied in 300 Nepalese of known blood groups of different ages and classified into primary patterns and then analyzed statistically. In both sexes, incidence of loops was highest in ABO blood group and Rh +ve blood types, followed by whorls and arches, while the incidence of whorls was highest followed by loops and arches in Rh -ve blood types. Loops were higher in all blood groups except "A -ve" and "B -ve" where whorls were predominant. The fingerprint pattern in Rh blood types of blood group "A" was statistically significant while in others it was insignificant. In middle and little finger, loops were higher whereas in ring finger whorls were higher in all blood groups. Whorls were higher in thumb and index finger except in blood group "O" where loops were predominant. This study concludes that distribution of primary pattern of fingerprint is not related to gender and blood group but is related to individual digits.
