Fingertip Dermatoglyphic Patterns in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis and their Families / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Although we made a comparision of fingertip dermatoglyphic patterns between R7 patients with atopic dermatitis(Femals 54, Male 35) and 73 their families without atopic dermatitis, no significant results were obtained. So, we compared secondly our results of 2 groups with those of two thousand nonatopic, normal Koreans, as control. Results are as follows ] In comparison with control, a significant increase in the ulnar loop pattern was detected in families(p<0, ()5), not atopic dermatitis. p. No significant differ ence between right hands and left hands in all three g f OUpS. In atopic dermatitis and control groups, 1 st and 4 th digits showed mostly whorl pattern, and 3 rd and 5 th digits had more ulnar loop pattern than others. Rut families had mostly ulnar loop pattern at all digits except 4 th digit, wl..orl pattern. 4. Each of atopic dermatitis, family and control group had 13, 79% (whor1 8. 05% ulnar loop 5 75%), 15. 49p; (whorl 4. 23%, ulnar loop 11. 27%), 15. 78%(whorl 8, 52% ulnar loop 7. 1 %, arch 0. 05%), of same dermatoglyphic pattern on all ten digits. Especially, ulnar loop pattern in fanilies was detected significantly higher than other two groups(p<0. 05). Average incidences of bilateral symmetry of pattern type between right and left digits were 78.57%, 74. 67% and 78.74% respectively in atopic dermatitis, family and control group.