Gender variation of dactylography among the patients of diabetes mellitus

Aim: to determine the gender variation of finger prints pattern among diabetic patients. study design: observational descriptive study place and duration of study: study was conducted at lahore medical and dental college,lahore and duration of the study were two months. methods: finger prints were collected from the subjects after obtaining their informed consent in the month of june 2015- july 2015. a total of 138 diagnosed patients of diabetes mellitus were selected from the medical opd and data were analyzed in the department of forensic medicine & toxicology of lahore medical and dental college,lahore. finger prints were collected on a plain white paper with a stamp pad by plain and rolled method and each finger print was assigned by their name,age,sex,and blood groups were recorded on the proforma. results: in males the most common pattern of finger prints in diabetic patients were belonging to whorl pattern of finger prints i.e.,42(30.5%) and in females most common pattern was whorl 38(27.5%) and in males second most common number of patients belonging to loop pattern was 32(23.2%) and in females loop pattern 19(13.8%) was found. conclusion: majority of the patients was belonging to whorl pattern of finger prints followed by patients belonging to loop pattern.