Title

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

Authors

Swapnesh Sagar¹, Vikas Rangare², Kapil Raghuwanshi³ & Sudhakar Petkar^3,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Anatomy, Mansarovar Medical College & MGU Hospital, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Medicine, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Biochemistry, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Swapnesh Sagar - E-mail: swapneshsagar@yahoo.com

Vikas Rangare - E-mail: vikasrangare80@gmail.com
Kapil Raghuwanshi - E-mail: drkapilraghuwanshi28@gmail.com
Sudhakar Petkar - E-mail: sudhakar9964@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

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.

Keywords

Dermatoglyphic patterns, anatomical marker, bronchial asthma

Citation

Sagar et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4443-4447 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.