Fingerprint Examination by Gender in Healthy Turkish Population

Abstract

Abstract Background: Dermatoglyphic forensic institutions provide important information that can also be used in the field of anthropology and medicine. To expand the existing data of the Turkish society and increasing literature data on fingerprint. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with 147 healthy young people. The parameters examined were compared between right and left hands and between genders. The fingerprints were divided into two groups as whorl, loop, arch, and accidental pattern. In addition, “total finger ridge count, absolute finger ridge count, Pattern Intensity Index (PII), Cummins index (CI), Poll index (PI), Dankmeijer index (DI), Volotzkoy index (VI), and Furuhata’s index (FI)” of fingerprints on both hands and right-left hands separately were calculated. Results: In the joint evaluation of 10 fingers in both genders, the most common type was found to be loop pattern. The index data of the Turkish population are as follows (respectively, female and male): PII – 13.2/12.6, CI – 0.1/0.2, PI – 1/1, DI – 11.9/33.3, VI – 132.3/126.7, and FI – 128/133.7. There was no significant difference in the compared parameters between males and females and both hands (P > 0.05). Conclusions: According to the data obtained, the Turkish population data correspond to the Mediterranean subgroup of the European races. Moreover, as seen in this study, ulnar loop density is more common in Eastern countries.