Relationship of Fingerprint with Gender among Medical Students in Mangalore Khan F1, Bachh U1,* 1Demonstrator/Tutor, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences-Medical College, Srinagar, J&K *Corresponding author: Dr Uzma Bachh, Tutor/Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences-Medical College, Srinagar, J&K, Email: uziebachh@gmail.com
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract This study was undertaken to study the relationship of fingerprint with gender among medical students in Yenepoya Medical College over a period of one year. This prospective study was carried out with a sample size of 400, out of which 200 were males and 200 were females, belonging to age group of 17 to 21 years. In this study medical student, dental students, physiotherapy students and nursing staff/students were included. The study revealed that in males loops were commonest type of fingerprint pattern noticed n=1198 (59.9%) followed by whorls n=733 (36.6%) and arches n=69 (3.4%). Same pattern was observed in female participants, loops n=1074 (53.7%), followed by whorls n=728 (36.4%) and arches n=198 (9.9%). Composite pattern was not seen in any of the study participants. Overall loops were most common type n=2272 (56.8%) of fingerprint pattern observed in both gender. Further studies on different population needs to be conducted which will be true representative of the universe and may help to correlate better. Top Keywords Fingerprint, Gender, Medical students. Top |