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Table 3 Sexual dimorphism in FWLC adjacent digit asymmetry of the right and left digits

From: Adjacent digit fingerprint white line count differences: a pointer to sexual dimorphism for forensic application

 

Male

Female

  

Adj. DFWLCD

Median (25th–75th)

Median (25th–75th)

Z value

P value

dR12

0 (0–1)

1 (0–2)

− 1.09

0.277

dR13

0 (0–1)

0 (− 1–2)

− 0.83

0.404

dR14

0 (0–1)

0 (− 1–1)

− 2.55

0.011

dR15

0 (0–1)

0 (− 1–2)

− 1.21

0.226

dR23

0 (− 1–0)

0 (− 1–0)

− 1.84

0.066

dR24

0 (0–0)

0 (− 2–0)

− 3.69

< 0.001

dR25

0 (0–0)

0 (− 2–1)

− 2.82

0.005

dR34

0 (0–0)

0 (− 1–0)

− 2.29

0.022

dR35

0 (0–0)

0 (− 1–1)

− 0.90

0.367

dR45

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

− 1.25

0.212

dL12

0 (0–1)

0 (0–2)

− 0.65

0.515

dL13

0 (0–1)

0 (− 1–1)

− 0.50

0.620

dL14

0 (0–1)

0 (− 2–1)

− 3.40

0.001

dL15

0 (0–1)

0 (− 2–2)

− 1.73

0.083

dL23

0 (− 1–1)

0 (− 1–1)

− 1.43

0.152

dL24

0 (− 1–0)

− 1 (− 2–0)

− 4.11

< 0.001

dL25

0 (0–1)

0 (− 2–1)

− 2.42

0.016

dL34

0 (0–0)

(− 2–0)

− 3.66

< 0.001

dL35

0 (0–1)

0 (− 1–1)

− 1.67

0.094

dL45

0 (0–1)

0 (− 0.25–2)

− 1.05

0.295

  1. Adj. DFWLCD adjacent digit fingerprint white line counts difference, 25th–75th inter quartile range, d difference, R right, L left, 1–5 first to fifth digits