Abstract
Aim: To determine the variation of fingerprinting pattern in Hypertensive patients and to support the evidence of court of law regarding identification of persons.
Study Design: Observational Descriptive study
Place and duration of study: Study was conducted at Avicenna Medical College, Lahore and data was collected from the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore from April 2012 to June 2012.
Methods: Finger prints were collected from the subjects after obtaining their informed consent in the month of April, 2012 to June, 2012. A total of 113 diagnosed patients were selected from the OPD of Punjab Institute of Cardiology and data was analyzed at Avicenna Medical College Lahore. Finger prints were recorded 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: The majority of the patients were belonging to whorl pattern of finger prints i.e., sixty five 65% where as the number of patients belonging to Loop pattern was twenty eight 28% and pattern of composite was five 5% only and no any patient of arch pattern was found.
Conclusion: Each fingerprint is unique hence it can be very effectively used as an evidence for identification in the court of law. Majority of the patients was belonging to whorl pattern of finger prints followed by patients belonging to Loop pattern and the least pattern was composite.