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- Title
Adjacent digit fingerprint white line count differences: a pointer to sexual dimorphism for forensic application.
- Authors
Taura, Magaji Garba; Adamu, Lawan Hassan; Asuku, Abdullahi Yusuf; Umar, Kabiru Bilkisu; Abubakar, Musa
- Abstract
Background: Sex determination is one of the leading criterion in identification and verification of an individual. However, the potential roles of differences in adjacent fingerprint white line count (FWLC) in sex inference are not well elucidated in the literature especially among Hausa population. The study was conducted to determine sexual dimorphism and predict sex using adjacent digit FWLC difference (adj. DFWLCD) among Hausa population of Kano state, Nigeria. Methods: The study population involved 300 participants. FWLC was determined from a plain fingerprint captured using live scanner. The formula for adj. DFWLCD of thumb and fifth digit is dR15 for right hand. The same applied for possible combination in cephalocaudal direction. Mann-Whitney and t tests were used for comparison of variables between sexes. Binary logistic regression analyses were employed for determination of sex. Results: We observed a significantly larger adj. DFWLCD in males compared with females in most of the digit combination. A significant sexual dimorphism was observed in most of the adj. DFWLCD involving ring digit in both right (dR14, dR24, and dR34) and left (dL14, dL24, and dL34). The best discrimination was observed in adjacent FWLC difference of second and fourth digits in both right and left digits (dR24 and dL24). This was further supported by stepwise logistic regression analyses. Conclusion: The adj. DFWLCD exhibits sexual dimorphism. The best prediction potentials were found to be dR24 and dL24 for right and left hands respectively.
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2090-536X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41935-019-0169-8