Table 3.
Dermatoglyphics patterns for each hand in the control group
| Variable | Finger pattern |
P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch [n (%)] | Loop [n (%)] | Whorl [n (%)] | |||
| Right hand | |||||
| Thumb | Case | - | 58 (47.9) | 63 (52.1) | 0.24 |
| Control | - | 49 (40.5) | - | ||
| Index | Case | 12 (9.9) | 61 (50.4) | 47 (29.7) | 0.77 |
| Control | 15 (12.4) | 62 (51.2) | 44 (36.4) | ||
| Middle | Case | 5 (4.1) | 86 (71.1) | 30 (24.8) | 0.52 |
| Control | 9 (7.4) | 85 (70.2) | 27 (22.3) | ||
| Ring | Case | - | 54 (44.6) | 67 (55.4) | 0.51 |
| Control | 3 (2.5) | 46 (38.0) | 72 (59.5) | ||
| Small | Case | - | 97 (80.2) | 24 (19.8) | 0.13 |
| Control | 4 (3.3) | 93 (76.9) | 24 (19.8) | ||
| Left hand | |||||
| Thumb | Case | - | 67 (55.4) | 54 (44.6) | 0.07 |
| Control | 5 (4.1) | 61 (50.4) | 55 (45.5) | ||
| Index | Case | 16 (13.2) | 57 (47.1) | 48 (39.7) | 0.76 |
| Control | 20 (16.5) | 54 (44.6) | 47 (38.8) | ||
| Middle | Case | 12 (9.9) | 78 (64.5) | 31 (25.6) | 0.79 |
| Control | 14 (11.6) | 73 (60.3) | 34 (28.1) | ||
| Ring | Case | - | 58 (47.9) | 63 (52.1) | 0.05 |
| Control | 5 (4.1) | 63 (52.1) | 53 (43.8) | ||
| Small | Case | - | 101 (83.5) | 20 (1.0) | 0.35 |
| Control | 2 (1.6) | 101 (83.5) | 18 (14.9) | ||