Comparative study of the dermatoglyphic patterns in type II diabetes mellitus patients with non diabetics

Abstract

Aim: To compare the differences in the finger print patterns viz., total finger ridge count (TFRC), a-b ridge count and atd angle in patients with type II diabetes mellitus with non-diabetic as control group Materials and methods: The study is conducted in 75 type II diabetic patients and 75 non-diabetic persons as a control group. A sample of 51 male and 24 female patients suffering from type II diabetes mellitus in the age group of 30 to 60 years has been examined and compared with 75 normal persons (47 males and 28 females) in the same age group to know the difference in fingerprint patterns. We have also compared total finger ridge count, a-b ridge count and atd angle. For collection of palmar prints ‘Purvis Smith’ method has been used. Results: Increase in number of whorls, total finger ridge count, a-b ridge count along with wider atd angle in type II diabetes mellitus patients. The result of the present study is more or less coincides with the observations of the earlier researchers. Conclusion: This inference may be widely applied clinically for the early diagnosis of type II diabetes mellitus mainly in a mass screening of a population as an additional diagnostic tool

Palmar dermatoglyphic traits in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients of Bengalee Hindu caste population of West Bengal, India: a cross-sectional study

“…Contrary to that, Sharma and Sharma demonstrated no significant difference in ABRC between diabetic patients and controls [34]. However, both studies revealed significantly (p<0.05) higher atd angle in diabetic patients than that of controls [34,38]. Srivastava and Rajasekar also reported significantly (p<0.05) higher atd angle in diabetic patients [35].…”

“…Earlier studies were already proved the association of dermatoglyphic traits and diabetics mellitus [30][31][32][33][34]. Apart from those, fewer dermatoglyphic investigations were reported on T2DM.Studiesdemonstrated higher frequency of ulnar loop, radial loop, composite, plain arch, hypothenar pattern, as well as polymorphic nature of palmar C line and higher presence of 4th interdigital pattern among the T2DM patients [39,40] [38]. Contrary to that, Sharma and Sharma demonstrated no significant difference in ABRC between diabetic patients and controls [34].…”

“…Apart from the detection of chromosomal and congenital aberrations several dermatoglyphic studies also proved the relation of unusual dermatoglyphic traits with diabetes mellitus [30][31][32][33][34][35]. However, very fewworks have been reported on T2DM patients, especially in context of Eastern India [36][37][38][39][40].In addition to those, present study was incorporated a-b ridge count (ABRC), c-d ridge count (CDRC), presence of multiple number of axial triradii (t, t' & t") on the same palm, td ridge count (TDRC), atd angle, btd angle and ctd angle to understand the relation between dermatoglyphics and T2DM.…”

A study of the dermatoglyphic pattern in diabetic subjects in Kalaburagi district

“…In present study atd angle was increased in both light and left palm of T2DM patients which correlates with many studies done previously like. Rakate NS et al 7 Vadgaonkar Rajnigandha (2006) et al 8 Total finger ridge count (TFRc) and Absolute finger ridge count (AFRC).…”

Dermatoglyphics in diabetes: a prospective diagnostic aid and early preventive tool

“…For most of the parameters evaluated by such studies, distinctions among the parameters of significance vary from one report to another; more strikingly, some findings contradict those reported by their counterparts, even those done from the same subcontinent. With this in mind, the most commonly shared findings among studies that at this stage can be cited to have positive predictive values – being indicative of a predisposition to diabetes – include: a decrease in ulnar loops on the digits entailing a simultaneous increase in the whorls; increased mean palmar and digital ridge counts; increased palmar ‘atd’ angles, and distally deviated axial triradii for type 2 diabetes; and an overall increase in whorls with simultaneously decreased loops, more pronounced on the left thumbs of the diabetic group for type 1 diabetes.…”