Age, sex and positional variations in the human epidermal ridge
breadth by multiple measurements on a cross-sectional sample of
school-age children

J 2022

Age, sex and positional variations in the human epidermal ridge breadth by multiple measurements on a cross-sectional sample of school-age children

KRÁLÍK, Miroslav, Linda KONÍKOVÁ, Aysel ARSLAN, Lenka POLCEROVÁ, Martin ČUTA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Age, sex and positional variations in the human epidermal ridge breadth by multiple measurements on a cross-sectional sample of school-age children

Authors

KRÁLÍK, Miroslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Linda KONÍKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Aysel ARSLAN (792 Turkey), Lenka POLCEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin ČUTA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin HLOŽEK (203 Czech Republic) and Ondřej KLÍMA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Anthropologie, Brno, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, 0323-1119

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10700 1.7 Other natural sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

oficiální stránka časopisu

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.200

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00126974

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.09.26.1

UT WoS

000920962700011

Keywords (in Czech)

tloušťka epidermální lišty; odhad věku; odhad pohlaví; dermatoglyfika

Keywords in English

epidermal ridge breadth; age estimation; sex estimation; dermatoglyphics

Abstract

V originále

A number of studies have used the measurement of density of epidermal ridges on human fingerprints (or average epidermal ridge breadth if the value is expressed in reverse) as a metric to estimate the age of the originator of the imprint at the time of growth and sex at maturity. A methodologically unsolved question is how the number of ridges measured together within one segment (or the length of the line segment across which the ridges are counted) affects the results. In this study, we therefore investigated how the count of ridges measured together within one segment, as well as the count of averaged segments per subject, when averaged, affect the resulting values of mean epidermal ridge breadth. Moreover, we investigated how different regions on the human fingers and palms differ in this respect. Using a cross-sectional sample of 90 school children (45 girls and 45 boys, age range from 6 to 16 years) from South Moravia, we compared the differences in epidermal ridge breadth in 29 different hand regions, particularly in terms of the degree of age differences. The results show that different regions on the hand vary significantly in the effect of age which might have consequences for estimating age and sex based on these epidermal ridge breadth measurements. However, the ability to statistically distinguish age or sex groups is affected by the number of measurement units (ridges, fingerprints) used to calculate mean epidermal ridge breadth. Therefore, in future research, it would be advisable to introduce computation with interval estimates of MRB or a hierarchical approach directly accounting for individual epidermal ridges.

Links

GP305/05/P303, research and development project

Name: Sexuální dimorfismus a dědičné založení tvaru lidské ruky

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Sexual dimorphism and genetic background of human hand shape

MUNI/FR/0940/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Inovace výukových materiálů a učebnice dermatoglyfiky

Investor: Masaryk University

MUNI/FR/1445/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Elektronická forma cvičení z dermatoglyfiky

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

KRÁLÍK, Miroslav, Linda KONÍKOVÁ, Aysel ARSLAN, Lenka POLCEROVÁ, Martin ČUTA, Martin HLOŽEK and Ondřej KLÍMA. Age, sex and positional variations in the human epidermal ridge breadth by multiple measurements on a cross-sectional sample of school-age children. Anthropologie. Brno: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, vol. 60, No 2, p. 379-402. ISSN 0323-1119. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.09.26.1.

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KRÁLÍK, Miroslav, Linda KONÍKOVÁ, Aysel ARSLAN, Lenka POLCEROVÁ, Martin ČUTA, Martin HLOŽEK and Ondřej KLÍMA. Age, sex and positional variations in the human epidermal ridge breadth by multiple measurements on a cross-sectional sample of school-age children. \textit{Anthropologie}. Brno: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022, vol.~60, No~2, p.~379-402. ISSN~0323-1119. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.09.26.1.

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