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Table 1 Distribution of lip grooves in various parts of lips in total population

From: Lip print evaluation of Indian and Malaysian-Chinese subjects by manual and digital methods: a correlational study with gender and ethnicity

Part of lips

Lip groove types (Suzuki and Tsuchihashi) n (%)

I

I’

II

III

IV

V

Mixa

P1

0 (0.0)

6 (2)

4 (1.3)

147 (49)

14 (4.7)

129 (43)

0 (0.0)

P2

1 (0.3)

2 (0.7)

1 (0.3)

110 (36.7)

42 (14)

143 (47.7)

1 (0.3)

P3

1 (0.3)

5 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

163 (54.3)

19 (6.3)

112 (37.3)

0 (0.0)

P4

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

125 (41.7)

0 (0.0)

172 (57.3)

2 (0.7)

P5

0 0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

51 (17)

15 (5)

232 (77.3)

2 (0.6)

P6

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

106 (35.3)

0 (0.0)

191 (63.7)

1 (0.3)

Total

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

116 (38.7)

6 (2)

154 (51.3)

23 (7.6)

  1. aCombination of more than one type of groove