Assessing relationship between lip prints, finger prints and different blood groups within the population of Karachi
Beenish Fatima Alam,, Madiha Anwar, Kawish Syed, Tabassum Ahsan, Sikandar Javed Bajwa, Talib Hussain, Saqib Ali
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To determine the correlation between lip print, fingerprint form
and blood groups that can be used for the identification of an individual among
gender.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 719
female and male participants with ages between 17-34 years from Bahria
University Medical and Dental College. Patterns for lip and finger prints were
collected along with the blood groups. SPSS v23 was used for statistical
analysis. Frequency and percentages of the qualitative variables was
calculated. The association of the variables was analyzed using Chi-square.
Results: A total of 719 subjects, there were 327 males
(45.5%) and 392 females (54.5%). Type I lip pattern was prevalent in 31.8%
males followed by Type I’ in 27.6% females. The loop type of the finger print
was observed in 165(50.5%) of males and 162(41.3%) females. The most common
type of blood group was A+ in 27.2% in males while in females it was O+ in
29.8%.
Conclusion: Individual parameters such as lip and finger
prints along with blood groups can play an important role in personal
identification of individual. In our study A+ blood group along with arch
pattern of finger prints and Type I lip were most common patterns in males
while in females Type I’lip pattern along with blood group 0+ and Loop pattern
were common
Keywords: Lip prints, Finger Prints, Cheiloscopy, Blood
Groups, Forensic