Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Study of Fingerprint Patterns in Hypertensive Patients

1Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, Karnataka

2Prof. and HOD, Dept of Forensic Medicine, RIMS, Raichur, Karnataka

Online published on 2 January, 2016.

Abstract

100 patients diagnosed as suffering from Hypertension were included for the study. About 100 healthy volunteers were also included in the control group. The finger print patterns observed between Hypertensive individuals and controls. Hypertensive patients showed increase in frequency of number of loops as compared to control group. Hypertensive patients also showed decrease in frequency of whorls as compared to the control group. However these findings were not statistically significant.

Keywords

Fingerprint patterns, Diabetes Mellitus