Data from: Bent pinkies: Quantifying fifth finger clinodactyly in a sample of U.S. adults
Internal Dataset

UID: 103

Description

Clinodactyly can be broadly defined as curvature of the finger(s) occurring distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint(s). The most common form of clinodactyly involves a radial curvature of the fifth finger.

This dataset provides measured fifth finger curvature (left and right) in a sample of 1,295 U.S. adults recruited from the Western Pennsylvania region as part of two large epidemiological studies focusing on oral health and nonsyndromic oral clefts. Additional variables in the dataset include: sex, age at exam, race, ethnicity, weight, and height.

The curvature numbers were calculated through measurements of high-resolution digital hand scans collected on a large format flat-bed scanner, as part of broader phenotypic assessments.

Geographic Coverage
Western Pennsylvania
Subject of Study
Population Age
Adult
Subject Gender
Male
Female
Keywords
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.xlsx file with data dictionary

Access Restrictions
Free to all
Access Instructions
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Associated Publications
Data Type
Equipment Used
Epson GT-20000
Software Used
tpsDIG2
Dataset Format(s)
XLS (.xls, .xlsx, .xlm, .xlsm)
Resource Type(s)
Dataset
Dataset Size
98.19 kB
Grant Support
Data Catalog Record Updated
2022-10-18

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