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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4102</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131803</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Pattern Intensity Index, Dankmeijer__ampersandsignrsquo;s Index and Furuhata__ampersandsignrsquo;s Index of Palmar Dermatoglyphics in Patients with Bronchial Asthma&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Deepa T</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ursula</surname><given-names>Sampson</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ranjith</surname><given-names>Sreedharan</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>26</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>8)</volume><issue/><fpage>21</fpage><lpage>26</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Asthma is a chronic airway inflammation, characterised by variable airway obstruction and reduced lung function and leading to wheezing and shortness of breath. Both asthma and dermatoglyphics are influenced by genetic factors. Objective: This study was done to find out the Pattern intensity index, Dankmeijer__ampersandsignrsquo;s index and Furuhata__ampersandsignrsquo;s index of palmar dermatoglyphics in patients with bronchial asthma. Methodology: Palm prints were obtained from both hands of 250 clinically diagnosed bronchial asthma patients who attended the OPDs of Respiratory medicine and Pediatrics of M E S Medical College, Perinthalmanna. Age and sex-matched controls were selected from the staff and students at the same college, without any respiratory or chronic diseases. The study included the dermatoglyphic parameters like a-b ridge count, distance, breadth, pattern intensity index, Dankmeijer__ampersandsignrsquo;s index and Furu Hata__ampersandsign#39;s index. Result: The Pattern intensity index and Furuhata__ampersandsignrsquo;s index was more in bronchial asthma patients and male patients showed higher value than females. Dankmeijer__ampersandsignrsquo;s index was less in bronchial asthma patients than controls, female cases showed higher value than male cases. Conclusion: Decrease in the mean value of a-b count, distance, breadth and an increase in the value of Pattern intensity and Furuhata__ampersandsignrsquo;s index can be used as a tool for early identification of at-risk individuals with or without a family history of bronchial asthma.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> a-b count</kwd><kwd> Bronchial asthma</kwd><kwd> Dankmeijer’s index</kwd><kwd> Dermatoglyphics</kwd><kwd> Furuhata’s index</kwd><kwd> Pattern intensity index</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
