A Correlation Study of Patterns of Fingerprints with Blood Groups among the Students of S.S.I.M.S & R.C., Davangere

Identification of both living and dead is something in which medical evidence may play an important role, sometimes constituting the only evidence for establishing the identity of a person. The human identification is a universal process based on scientific principles mainly involving the finger printing. Both fingerprint pattern and blood group are genetically determined. This prospective study was carried out over among 300 medical students of S.S.I.M.S & R.C. Davangere to ascertain the association between fingerprints and blood groups. The study revealed that the predominant fingerprints being the loops in both male and female, next being the whorl and the least one is the arch. O positive is the most common blood group among the study groups, followed by B, A and AB. The loops and whorls showed high association with O blood group followed by B, A and AB. But arch finger print showed high association with B blood group and least with AB blood group.