Palmar dermatoglyphic profile in Jatyaandh - A Pilot Study

Abstract

Background: Appreciable progress has been made to study and understand the associations between dermatoglyphics and numerous medical disorders, as a result of which dermatoglyphic analysis has been accepted as a useful diagnostic tool in many diseases particularly those are caused by chromosomal aberrations, which are frequently accompanied by distortion of patterns. Materials and Methods: The aim of this present work is to study the association between characteristic dermatoglyphic features in probands with jatyaandh due to congenital glaucoma compared with age sex matched control. Palmar dermatoglyphic analysis on 20 subjects was carried out. Dermatoglyphics prints were taken by ‘Ink method’ described by Cummins and Mildo, examined for Total Finger Ridge Count (TFRC), Absolute Finger Ridge Count (AFRC), (a-b) ridge count, atd, dat and adt angle (quantitative parameter) and Finger ridge patterns and their frequency (qualitative parameter). Further, statistical analysis is done to find the variations in the dermatoglyphic feature in both groups. Result: The mean values of TFRC, AFRC & atd angle were higher in case group than in controls. The mean value of a-b ridge count is lower in cases as compared to controls. The mean values of dat and adt angle of case group were almost same to that of control group. The highest pattern of distribution of whorls was found in cases whereas radial and ulnar loops are found in controls.