期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：2
页码：3071-3076
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I2.303
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Dermatoglyphics is the term applied to the scientific study of fingerprint and palmar patterns along with their quantitative measures.Essential hypertension is sustained high blood pressure not attributable to a single cause but reflecting the interaction of multiple genetic and environmental influences. Fingerprints are known useful genetic markers in some congenital and clinical diseases; as such this study was aimed at determining the association of fingerprint patterns in hypertensive patients. Materials and methods: The present study was carried out with hypertensive patients attending the outpatient clinic of Saveetha dental college and Hospitals and was compared with a control group with normal blood pressure. The subjects were 50 clinically diagnosed patients with hypertension and 50 subjects who were non-hypertensive with no family history of hypertension. Results: The fingerprints were analyzed and results obtained with the p value: 0.001 (<0.05). Hence, significant. Conclusion: In conclusion, the present study indicates, thereis association between fingerprint patterns with the hypertensive patients.
