Dermatoglyphic pattern, an anatomical indicator of bronchial asthma: A case control study

TL;DR

This study shows that dermatoglyphic patterns, especially whorls, can help identify people with bronchial asthma.

Contribution

The study demonstrates that dermatoglyphic patterns are a novel non-invasive marker for bronchial asthma.

Findings

Asthma patients had significantly higher whorl patterns compared to controls.

Arch and loop patterns were lower in asthma patients than in the control group.

Dermatoglyphics can serve as a non-invasive anatomical marker for asthma diagnosis.

Abstract

Dermatoglyphic patterns may be used to diagnose bronchial asthma, a genetically based chronic inflammatory airway disease. Therefore,
it is of interest to compare patterns in asthma patients and a control group in order to assess dermatoglyphic pattern as a non-invasive
marker for bronchial asthma. 102 asthma sufferers and 102 controls participated in the study, and the dermatoglyphic patterns of the two
groups differed statistically significantly. The case group's whorl patterns were significantly higher than the control group's but their
arch and loop patterns were smaller. Dermatoglyphics, particularly whorl patterns, can be used as a non-invasive anatomical marker and could
be helpful in diagnosing bronchial asthma, according to the results.