Compare and correlation of dermatoglyphic patterns (fingerprint and palm patterns) among normal individuals and patients with type-2 Diabetes Mellitus attending the medicine OPD in a tertiary care Hospital

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Author Details : Gayana Sreenivasan, Santhosh C S, Shubha C, Srijith*

Volume : 7, Issue : 3, Year : 2020

Article Page : 124-128

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijfcm.2020.027

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Abstract

Diabetes is a global disease and is rising in occurrence though the rate of increase is higher in developing
countries than that in the developed countries. Dermatoglyphics is a branch of science involved in the
study of epidermal ridges on the surface of fingertips, palms, soles and toes A case control study was
conducted at Bapuji Hospital, Davngere to compare dermatoglyphic patterns in patients with Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus and normal subjects and also to check if an association between type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
and dermatoglyphics exists. The study concluded that there were no association between dermatoglyphics
(pattern of fingerprints and triradii angles) and diabetes mellitus when the population was considered as a
whole(males and females together) but there were significant differences when the sexes were considered
separately.

Keywords: Dermatoglyphic patterns, Diabetes mellitus, Prevention.

How to cite : Sreenivasan G , Santhosh C S, Shubha C, Srijith, Compare and correlation of dermatoglyphic patterns (fingerprint and palm patterns) among normal individuals and patients with type-2 Diabetes Mellitus attending the medicine OPD in a tertiary care Hospital. Indian J Forensic Community Med 2020;7(3):124-128

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