Digital-palmar dermatoglyphics characteristics of patients living with schizophrenia in Ghana

Autor: Niena Samira Majeed, Benjamin Arko-Boham, Delali Kudzo Fiagbe, Kevin Kofi Adutwum-Ofosu, Nii Koney-Kwaku Koney, Bismarck Afedo Hottor, Richard Michael Blay, Mubarak Abdul-Rahman, John Ahenkorah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: All Life, Vol 16, Iss 01 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2689-5307
26895293
DOI: 10.1080/26895293.2023.2224937
Popis: The World Health Organization has acknowledged the gap in schizophrenia diagnoses and recommended further research to identify tools and biomarkers for the disease’s early detection. Because the skin and brain have a common ectodermal origin, dermatoglyphics are hypothesized to serve as a potential mirror for the identification of risks and characteristics of neuropsychiatric diseases. This study aimed to determine the digito-palmar dermatoglyphic patterns of schizophrenia patients in Ghana. Digito-palmar dermatoglyphics were obtained using a digital scanner, and the details studied. Individuals living with schizophrenia in Ghana were significantly characterized by low odds of vestige pattern in the hypothenar region, low odds of palmar creases 300, and high and low odds of radial loop (RL) and plain arch (PA) respectively at the finger patterns relative to the control group [OR (95% CI): vestige, 0.2 (0.06–0.69), P = 0.01; palmar creases 300, 0.1 (0.01–0.99), P = 0.049; PA, 0.4 (0.3–0.7), P
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