Naslov
Quantitative Dermatoglyphic Analysis in Male Alcoholics

Autori
Breitenfeld, Darko ; Thaller, Vlatko ; Miličić, Jasna ; Škrinjarić, I.

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 19 (1995), 1; 221-228

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Dermatoglyphs; Male alcoholics

Sažetak
The authors of this paper are attempting to assess the existence of genetic predisposition for alcohol dependence by utilizing a quantitative analysis of the characteristics of the dermatoglyphs of digito-palmar complex. The sample 117 male alcohol dependents and 200 phenotypically healthy males was analyzed by the methods of descriptive statistics and by the analysis of variance which indicated statistically meaningful difference in the number of ridges in the first and fifth finger of both hands and in the number of all examined palm variables as well as in the size of the atd angle. By applying the discriminative analysis it was possible to separate the healthy population from the population of the sick in 76, 34% of cases. Five factors have been extruded by the factor analysis out of which the first was a digital factor while the others were palmar for both groups. The factors III, IV and V differ among the groups in the extrusion of certain variables. All these findings indicate an existing difference in the characteristics of the dermatoglyphs of digito-palmar complex between the patients suffering from alcohol dependence and the control group, and therefore, indicate the genetic predisposition of alcoholism.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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