Dermatoglyphics in Hypertension

Introduction: 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.