Kanazawa, Satoshi 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3786-8797
(2023)
Single transverse palmar crease as a potential risk factor for COVID-19.
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 31 (3).
ISSN 1056-9103
Abstract
Aims While South Asians in the United Kingdom suffer from higher mortality from COVID-19, the exact reason for the ethnic disparity is unknown. One solution is to find a genetic correlate of South Asian ethnicity and see if the same correlate is associated with an increased likelihood of COVID-19 contraction among Whites. Methods The author analyzed a prospectively longitudinal, nationally representative sample from the British Cohort Study that began at birth in 1970 and has information on COVID-19 health status in May 2020. Results Palmer crease patterns measured at age 10 were significantly associated with the likelihood of COVID-19 contraction and the number of symptoms at age 50. Individuals with single transverse palmar crease (STPC) on the right hand had 22.9% chance of contracting COVID-19 compared with 9.5% for those with the normal crease. Conclusions Because having STPC on the right hand nearly triples the odds of contracting COVID-19 among Whites, and South Asians are 4 to 5 times as likely to have STPC as Whites do, the genes for/chromosomal abnormalities associated with STPC might be one of the contributors to the higher mortality from COVID-19 among South Asians in the United Kingdom.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2023 15:39 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2024 12:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/119482 |
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