ABSTRACT
Objective: Dermatoglyphic studies are of great importance in judicial, criminal researches worldwide and also related to some genetic diseases like diabetes mellitus. This study was undertaken to look for new methods for its early prediction and dermatoglyphics a growing discipline was utilized.
Methods: The study was carried out with 100 randomly selected subjects whose parents and grandparents are Nigerians. Fifty (50) of these subjects (39 females and 11 males) were those attending clinics in Asaba and Warri hospitals respectively, diagnosed as diabetics. The control group was made up of fifty (50) volunteered subjects matched for age and gender with no family history of diabetes. The palmar and digital prints of the subjects were obtained by the use of an Hp Scanjet with resolution of 9000 × 4800dpi, installed programmed computer with AutoCAD software version 2010. The scanned images were analyzed using standard methods.
Results: There was significant decrease in arches in the diabetic group (p < 0.05), seemly higher frequencies of ulnar loops and whorls compared with the control group (p > 0.05), mean TFRC, mean a-b ridge counts were also significantly higher in the diabetic group (p < 0.05), while mean atd angle was seemly higher in the diabetic than control groups (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Our findings indicated that dermatoglyphic parameters can differentiate diabetic and control groups and can serve as possible markers and predicting tools for patients with diabetes mellitus in our studied population.
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