A Study of Fingerprint in Relation to Gender and Blood Group among Medical Students in Uttarakhand Region

Finger print (dermatoglyphic) is considered as the best tool of identification. A total of 140 first year and second year MBBS students belonging to the age group 18–25 year with known blood groups of Government Medical College, Haldwani were included in the study. An attempt has been made in the present work to analyze their correlation with gender and blood group of an individual. Loops were the most common (58.29%) fingerprint pattern while whorls were moderate (37.00%) and arches were the least common (4.71%). Males had a higher incidence of whorls and females had a higher incidence of loops. Loops are predominant in blood group A, B, AB and O in both Rh positive and Rh negative individuals except in ‘A’ positive blood group where whorls predominate slightly. Whorls were highest in A & AB positive blood group and loops were highest in O & B blood group. Arches were least in all blood groups. There is an association between distribution of fingerprint patterns, blood group and gender and thus prediction of gender and blood group of a person is possible based on his fingerprint pattern.