title: [Relationship between finger dermatoglyphics and body size indicators in adulthood among Chinese twin population from Qingdao and Lishui cities].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the correlation between fingerprints and body size indicators in adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Samples were composed of twins from two sub-registries of Chinese National Twin Registry (CNTR), including 405 twin pairs in Lishui and 427 twin pairs in Qingdao. All participants were asked to complete the field survey, consisting of questionnaire, physical examination and blood collection. From the 832 twin pairs, those with complete and clear demographic prints were selected as the target population. Information of Fingerprints pixel on the demographic characteristics of these 100 twin pairs and their related adulthood body type indicators were finally chosen to form this research. Descriptive statistics and mixed linear model were used for data analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the mixed linear models adjusted for age and sex, data showed that the body fat percentage of those who had arches was higher than those who did not have the arches (P = 0.002), and those who had radial loops would have higher body fat percentage when compared with ones who did not (P = 0.041). After adjusted for age, there appeared no statistically significant correlation between radial loops and systolic pressure, but the correlations of arches (P = 0.031)and radial loops (P = 0.022) to diastolic pressure still remained statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Statistically significant correlations were found between fingerprint types and body size indicators, and the fingerprint types showed a useful tool to explore the effects of uterine environment on health status in one's adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China.
authors.forename: Luanluan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China.
authors.forename: Canqing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyu
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China.
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong.
authors.forename: Zengchang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Medical College.
authors.forename: Weijian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong.
authors.forename: Shaojie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Lishui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang.
authors.forename: Rongfu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China. Email: gaowenjing1974@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191 China. Email: lmlee@vip.163.com.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D049628:Body Size; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014427:Twins