Dermatoglyphic patterns, very low birth weight, and blood pressure in adolescence
C J Stevenson, C R West, P O D Pharoah
FSID Unit of
Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology, Department of Public Health,
Muspratt Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB, UK
Correspondence to: Prof. Pharoah p.o.d.pharoah{at}liv.ac.uk
Accepted 3 August 2000
AIMS
To test the null hypotheses
that finger and palm prints have no relation with fetal growth or
adolescent blood pressure.
METHODSAll 128 singleton,
unimpaired, very low birth weight (VLBW; 
1500 g) infants born to
mothers resident in the county of Merseyside in 1980 and 1981 were
studied retospectively. The comparison group consisted of 128 age, sex,
and school matched children. Main outcome measures were blood pressure
at age 15 years, birth weight ratio, fingerprint patterns, and palmar
AtD angles.
RESULTSThe VLBW index population
had a significantly higher systolic blood pressure than the comparison
group (mean difference 3.2 mm Hg). The difference in diastolic blood
pressure between the VLBW index and the matched comparison group was
not significant. No significant differences were found in the palmar
AtD angles or in the fingerprint proportions of arches, loops, and
whorls and no correlation was found between fingerprint patterns and blood pressure. Among the VLBW index population, both height and right
palmar AtD angle were independently and significantly correlated with
and explained 12.1% of the variance in the systolic blood pressure.
Birth weight ratio, as a measure of fetal growth restriction, had no
significant correlation with systolic blood pressure.
CONCLUSIONSThe higher systolic
blood pressure of adolescents who were of very low birth weight
compared with the matched comparison group is not associated with
fingerprint patterns or birth weight ratio as markers for fetal growth restriction.
Keywords: dermatoglyphic pattern; finger print; palm print; growth; blood pressure; adolescent
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