title: Plantar dermatoglyphic features of the Urhobos of southern Nigeria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the dermatoglyphic features of the Urhobos of southern Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional study of randomly selected Urhobo subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Plantar and digital pattern types were determined and Dankmeijer's (DI) and pattern intensity (PII) indices were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Males showed greater pattern types than females except in loops and whorls of the digits, where females showed greater numbers than males. The pattern intensity index was higher in females than in males. What appears characteristic to this group however, was the presence of few whorl distribution in the small toe in female subjects which was absent in male subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study thus provide normal dermatoglyphic features for the Urhobos of Southern Nigeria and also highlighted possible distinguishing dermtoglyphic difference between the Ibos and Urhobos of Southern Nigeria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Igbigbi
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Didia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003878:Dermatoglyphics / Q000145:classification; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics