title: Structural analysis of the ridge count data of Australian Europeans using multivariate analysis.
abstract: Multivariate analyses are used to study the structural patterns of ridge counts of fingers. There is a significant difference between the ridge counts of two hands, chiefly due to the first and fourth fingers. There is asymmetry in the covariance matrix of the ridge counts. The correlations between fingers are significant and the decrease in correlation with increasing distance between fingers is not significant.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000208:ethnology; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male