Open Science Repository Anthropology
doi: 10.7392/openaccess.23050401
Digito-palmar Dermatoglyphic Patterns of Asthmatics in Lagos, Nigeria
Abue Andrew [1], Francis Duru [2], Nwachuku Mike Ibeabuchi [2], Rosemary Bassey [3]
[1] Department of Anatomical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, [2] Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, [3] Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo
Abstract
The dermatoglyphic pattern of 210 asthmatics were studied. Samples were drawn from the military hospital Awolowo road, Ikoyi, Lagos state and Lagos university teaching hospital (LUTH). We had 176 males and 42 females.
The result revealed that whorls had the highest percentage frequency (76.7%) on the right thumb followed by the ulnar loop (39%) on the little finger.
There is room for more research in this disease condition in various parts of Nigeria, Africa and other continents to establish a true dermatoglyphic pattern for asthmatics.
This results tallies with observations of Ozkaragoz’s (1971), M. Gupta et al (1993) and Gupta and Prakash S. (2003).
Keywords: asthmatics, dermatoglyphics, fingers, Lagos, Nigeria.
Citation: Andrew, A., Duru, F., Ibeabuchi, N. M., & Bassey, R. (2013). Digito-palmar Dermatoglyphic Patterns of Asthmatics in Lagos, Nigeria. Open Science Repository Anthropology, Online(open-access), e23050401. doi:10.7392/openaccess.23050401
Received: August 9, 2013
Published: August 12, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Andrew, A., Duru, F., Ibeabuchi, N. M., & Bassey, R. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Contact: [email protected]
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