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Dermatoglyphics in the Essential Hypertension in Marathwada Region


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1 Anatomy Department, D.D. Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvallur, Chennai, India
2 Community Medicine Department, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari District, Tamil nadu, India
3 Anatomy Department, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
     

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Background: The word 'Dermatoglyphics' indicates the study of epidermal ridge configuration on palms, soles and finger tips. Hypertension is an increasingly important medical and public health issue (Chobanian AV et al, 2003).

Methods: We carried the study in sixty patients of essential hypertension and sixty normal individuals. The patients of essential hypertension were collected from Government Medial College&Hospital, Department of Medicine, Aurangabad during the period from 1st May 2005 to 1st May 2006 attending OPD medicine and those admitted in the medicine wards. The prints of normal individuals were obtained from Aurangabad & Parbhani. In present study we compare the Dermatoglyphics patterns of patients suffering from essential hypertension with normal individuals.

Results: In this study we observed that percentage frequency of ulnar loops was 54.7% in essential hypertension patients and 64.0% in controls&there is increase in TFRC in right and left hand operations of essential hypertension as compared to controls.

Conclusion: There is increase in TFRC in both hand operations of essential hypertension&atd angle showed a significant decrease in patients of essential hypertension than controls.


Keywords

Dermatoglyphics, Ulnar Loop, Total Finger Ridge Count
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Authors

Sanjay K Kachhave
Anatomy Department, D.D. Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvallur, Chennai, India
Prashant V Solanke
Community Medicine Department, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari District, Tamil nadu, India
Amrut A Mahajan
Anatomy Department, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
S S Rao
Anatomy Department, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


Background: The word 'Dermatoglyphics' indicates the study of epidermal ridge configuration on palms, soles and finger tips. Hypertension is an increasingly important medical and public health issue (Chobanian AV et al, 2003).

Methods: We carried the study in sixty patients of essential hypertension and sixty normal individuals. The patients of essential hypertension were collected from Government Medial College&Hospital, Department of Medicine, Aurangabad during the period from 1st May 2005 to 1st May 2006 attending OPD medicine and those admitted in the medicine wards. The prints of normal individuals were obtained from Aurangabad & Parbhani. In present study we compare the Dermatoglyphics patterns of patients suffering from essential hypertension with normal individuals.

Results: In this study we observed that percentage frequency of ulnar loops was 54.7% in essential hypertension patients and 64.0% in controls&there is increase in TFRC in right and left hand operations of essential hypertension as compared to controls.

Conclusion: There is increase in TFRC in both hand operations of essential hypertension&atd angle showed a significant decrease in patients of essential hypertension than controls.


Keywords


Dermatoglyphics, Ulnar Loop, Total Finger Ridge Count

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