Comparison of Palm Prints in Relation to Gender and Age Among Native Lucknow Population: A Correlation Study

Background: Palm is the inner surface of hand between wrist and fingers, Palm print is composed of principal lines, wrinkles and ridges, it is unique to each individual and does not change throughout life. The present study was done to determine the distribution of different category of palm prints and to determine the correlation between palm print patterns among both the genders and different age groups.Methodology: The study was comprised of 100 study subjects from different age groups ranging from 20 to 60 years from both males and females, samples were randomly collected out of which were 46 males and 54 females. Palm prints were recorded using low resolution image technique and further evaluated by Wu et al, classification system.Result: In the present study population female predominance was 1:1.2 male to female ratio where frequency of males were highest in 31-40 years of age (34.5%) whereas in females it was 20-30 years of age (46.3%). In both right and left palm of male and female Category 6 palm print was highest and it did not differ significantly. On correlation with age right palm print of female found to be associated with age.Conclusion: The present study was done among Lucknow population to analyse predominant patterns of palm print in both the gender and different age group and correlate them among both the genders and different age groups. The predominant palm print pattern in males and females with respect to right and left palm did not differed significantly. On correlation between age and palm print right palm print of females found to be associated with age. Further research with larger sample size may add more findings to the study.