FINGERPRINT PATTERN AND ITS GENDER DISTRIBUTION AMONG MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENTS OF KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, PESHAWAR

Authors

  • Muhammad Junaid Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
  • Asif Kamal Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
  • Zainab Rehman Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
  • Shazia Iftikhar Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
  • Shahab Uddin Department of Anatomy, Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar
  • Waqar Ahmad Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i04.97

Keywords:

Dactyloscopy, finger print pattern, gender

Abstract

Objective: To assess the relationship between the fingerprint pattern and gender
Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study conducted having 400 healthy medical and dental students of Khyber Medical College and Khyber College of dentistry, Peshawar. The study was done by categorizing the pattern into arches, loops and whorls. The statistical analysis was done by using frequency distribution and non-parametric test i.e. chi square test. A P value of < 0.05
was considered statistically significant.
Results: The fingerprint pattern prevalence showed that the predominant pattern was 58.55% (loops) followed by 32.65% (whorl) and 8.8% (arch). A significant relationship between the fingerprint patterns and gender (P < 0.05) was also observed.
Conclusion: The conclusions drawn from the study is that loops are the most commonly found finger print pattern and arches are the least common in both male and females

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Published

2021-12-31

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Muhammad Junaid, Asif Kamal, Zainab Rehman, Shazia Iftikhar, Shahab Uddin, & Waqar Ahmad. (2021). FINGERPRINT PATTERN AND ITS GENDER DISTRIBUTION AMONG MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENTS OF KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE AND KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, PESHAWAR. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 11(04), 9–11. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i04.97

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 04 (2021): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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Original Article

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