Abstract
There is well documented relationship between dermatoglyphics and specific syndromes of genetic origins. Since beta-thalassemia is a major genetic disorder in West Bengal, India, therefore, rapid diagnosis of major beta thalassemia along with certain preventive measures is of utmost significance. The aim of the present study was to understand the association of the finger prints patterns among the E-beta thalassemia patients of Bengalee Hindu Caste population of West Bengal, India. To achieve the purpose, bilateral fingerprints have been collected from 100 (Male-50, Female-50) diagnosed E-beta thalassemia patients from Bengalee population in West Bengal using standard ink roller technique. Examination on finger pattern type revealed significantly (p < 0.05) higher Whorls among the male patients in comparison to their female counter part. On the other hand, significant (p < 0.05) excess of Arches has been found among the female patients compared to the male patients. Present study envisaged that these finger dermatoglyphics patterns might be helpful for the diagnosis and screening of E-beta thalassemia in Bengalee population.
Highlights
Dermatoglyphics attracted a great number of scientists from all sections of biology, medicine and biological
About 10% of total world thalassemia patients belong to Indian subcontinent, among them 3% - 4% are carriers (Sinha et al, 2009)
Female E-beta-thalassemia patients demonstrated significantly higher (p < 0.05) prevalence of Arches and as well as Loop patterns compared to the male E-beta-thalassemia patients
Summary
Dermatoglyphics attracted a great number of scientists from all sections of biology, medicine and biologicalHow to cite this paper: Das, P., Ghosh, J. Dermatoglyphics have been used as one of the accessible tools to assess genetically determined diseases (Penrose, 1968; Miliĉiċ et al, 2003; Temaj et al, 2009). Dermatoglyphics has been subject matter of many studies regarding complex and non communicable disease like breast cancer (Chintamani et al, 2007), carcinoma cervix (Vaishali et al, 2006), and diabetes (Vadgaonkar et al, 2006)
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