Diversity of human lip prints: a collaborative study of ethnically distinct world populations

Sharma, Namita; Eldomiaty, Magda A.; Gutiérrez‐Redomero, Esperanza; George, A. O.; Garud, Rajendra; Sánchez‐Andrés, Ángeles; Almasry, Shaima Mohamed; Rivaldería, Noemí; Al-gaidi, Sami Awda; Ilesanmi, Toyosi

doi:10.3109/03014460.2014.885082

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“…2 They become indispensable but vary in predominance, gender and race. [3][4][5] More studies on lip prints in relation to sex for its utility as sex determination are recommended. 6 The study was conducted to assess the distribution of types of lip print among medical students and identify the predominant type in either sex.…”

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Prevalence of Type I Lip Print among Medical Students in a Medical College of Nepal

Gurung¹,

Gupta

Lamichhane

2019

J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction: Lip prints, due to their unique patterns are typical to an individual, hence, used for personal identification. They vary in predominance, gender and race among different populations. The objective is to study their distribution among medical students and identify the predominant type. Methods:The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the medical students of Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, from April 2019 to May 2019 after the ethical approval. Convenience sampling was used. The prints were classified according to Suzuki and Tsuchihashi. The collected data was entered in SPSS to determine the frequency and percentage. Sub group analysis was done on basis of gender and types of lip print. Results:Out of 205 participants, prevalence of type I lip print among medical students is 70 (34.1%). Type I lip print was found to be most common followed by Type II in 57 (27.8%) and Type V in 6 (2.9%). One hundred forty one (68.8%) were male and 64 (31.2%) were female. The predominating pattern in RUQ; LUQ; LLQ; RLQ among male and female is Type I 46 (32.6%) and Type I 39 (27.7%); Type II 39 (27.7%) and Type II 44 (31.2%); Type I 19 (29.7%) and Type II 19 (29.7%); Type I 31 (48.4%) and Type I 27 (42.2%) respectively. Conclusions:Type I was the most common while Type V was the least common lip print. However, there was variation in its frequency and distribution according to the quadrant and sex. ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Prevalence of Type I Lip Print among Medical Students in a Medical College of Nepal

Gurung¹,

Gupta

Lamichhane

2019

J Nepal Med Assoc

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“…Cheiloscopy has attracted attention of many scientists as a new tool for human identification specifically dealing with criminal cases. Many studies (Domiaty et al 2010;Sharma et al 2014) have confirmed that the LPP is unique for each individual, even in twins and within families. The stability of LPP over time has tested, validated and recommended for secure use in civil and criminal investigations (Domiaty et al 2014).…”

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Variation in lip print pattern between two ethnic groups, Oraon tribals and Bengalee Hindus, residing in West Bengal, India

Dey

Chanak

Das³

et al. 2019

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Lip print pattern (LPP) is unique to each individual. For decades, forensic experts have used LPP for personal identification to solve criminal cases. However, studies investigating ethnic variation in LPP are scanty. Our study wanted to investigate variation in LPP between two ethnic groups, Oraon tribals and Bengalee Hindus, residing in West Bengal, India. A total of 280 participants included 112 Oraons and168 Bengalee Hindus of both. Prints were taken using dark shaded lipstick and transparent cellophane tape and recorded into white A4 sheet. Prints were divided into four quadrants and examined by magnifying glass. For analysis of results, classification of Suzuki and Tsuchihashi was followed. A p value of 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. It was observed that Type II pattern was dominant in first and second quadrants in both ethnic groups, irrespective of sex. Combination of Type II+III was found to be the most common pattern in males among both Oraons (16.2%) and Bengalee Hindus (12.2%) whereas in females Type II pattern (25.0%) among Oraons and Type III pattern among Bengalee Hindus (11.4%) was the most common. Chi square test showed statistically significant difference among females (p<0.05) and in third and fourth quadrants among males (p<0.01) of both ethnic groups. Our investigation clearly demonstrated sex and ethnic variations in LPP. Further studies are required to investigate ethnic variation in LPP among the various populations groups, both tribal as well as non-tribal, from different regions of India.

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“…Several studies have confirmed that lip print patterns may significantly vary among distinct populations. A collaborative study of populations from India, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Nigeria showed significant inter-ethnic differences [18]. The Indian prints revealed an almost equal propensity for bifurcated and incomplete vertical patterns (corresponding to types II and I`) accounting for approximately 30%.…”

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“…However, the most prevalent type for each gender was not the same in every study, suggesting population-specific characteristics of lip patterns [1,3,[20][21][22]. Although some researchers claimed high success rate in the detection of gender based on the lip print pattern type, a number of studies reported that there was no statistically significant difference between male and female lip print patterns [18,23,24]. Analysis of lip patterns for sex estimation can be a subjective process which must be performed with great caution, since a false estimation can prejudice a forensic case [25].…”

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Lip print pattern variations in the population of Vojvodina Province, Serbia - a pilot study

Veselinovic¹,

Zigic

Veljovic

et al. 2018

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Introduction. Lip prints are considered to be an important form of transfer evidence, analogous to fingerprints, and can be very useful in forensic investigations and personal identification. Although previous studies have confirmed that lip print patterns are individual and unique for each person, they show similarities between family members, strongly indicating the possibility of inheritance pattern of lip prints. Since heredity may play an important role in lip print development, ethnic groups geographically closely located tend to share similar patterns of lip prints in comparison to more distant populations, so a characteristic lip pattern may indicate a person's geographical and racial origin. Material and Methods. Lip prints of 211 healthy individuals (107 females and 104 males), residents of Vojvodina Province, Serbia, were analyzed and classified using the Suzuki and Tsuchihashi classification. Results. In the studied sample, type II pattern was the most common in both the upper and lower lip, being predominant in 45.85% of the studied samples. It was followed by types III, I, and IV accounting for 31.28%, 15.28% and 4.62%, respectively. The results of the current study are in accordance with the results of previous studies of European populations. The Pearson chi-square test showed a statistically significant difference between the lip print patterns in males and females. Conclusion. A comparison of lip print patterns between males and females showed a statistically significant difference, supporting the hypothesis that lip prints may be useful in sex determination.

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Diversity of human lip prints: a collaborative study of ethnically distinct world populations

Cited by 7 publications

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Prevalence of Type I Lip Print among Medical Students in a Medical College of Nepal

Prevalence of Type I Lip Print among Medical Students in a Medical College of Nepal

Variation in lip print pattern between two ethnic groups, Oraon tribals and Bengalee Hindus, residing in West Bengal, India

Lip print pattern variations in the population of Vojvodina Province, Serbia - a pilot study

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