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Abstract
Personal identification is a cornerstone of civilization as it is required in cases of unidentified victims of homicide, suicide as well as man-made and natural disasters. Additionally, it is required for identification of living persons as criminals and patients of amnesia. Dermatoglyphics is one of the valuable methods used in medicolegal identification.
Generally, correct sex identification is of great value in forensic medicine as it reduces the possibility of identification by 50%. The current study aimed to assess the validity of FWLC, the distance between palmar tri-radii (abcd-t) and palm print ridge density as a sex predictor in a sample of adult Egyptians and Malaysians.
This cross-sectional study was carried out at the Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University. This study included two hundred participants aged between 18-30 years. They were subdivided into two ethnic groups: one hundred Egyptians (50 females and 50 males) and one hundred Malaysians (50 females and 50 males).
Fingerprints and palmprints of both groups were obtained using fingerprint ink strips and white paper A4. The prints were scanned with resolution 600 dots per inch (dpi). For counting FWLC, the scanned fingerprints were magnified three times to enhance the visualization of these lines. For palmar tri-radii (abcd-t) and ridge density, the analysis had been done using a specialized software (CorelDRAW 2020).
Males in