A simian crease poll among parents of babies with Down syndrome!

**Martijn (admin)** Sun May 01, 2011 8:00 pm

A simian line poll for partents of babies who have Down's syndrome (= trisomy 21, mongolism), is available at BabyCenter.com:

http://community.babycenter.com/post/a27439119/simian_crease--who_has_one_poll?cpg=5&csi=2333925946&pd=4

The results so far (april 27 - may 1):

'Does your child have a single palmar crease?'
yes 41
no 54
Total Votes: 95

A simian crease poll among parents of babies with Down syndrome! 17226

A simian crease poll among parents of babies with Down syndrome! 17226

- NORMAL HAND LINES - vs. - THE SIMIAN LINE -

According the simian line statistics at my website these results so far (43% of the children have a simian line in one or both hands), confirm the statistics at my website, see:

Down syndrome [trisomie 21]

- China: 41.5 %
- Germany 31.5 %
- Italy 53.3 %
- Japan 48.0 %
- North-America M: 42.1 %, F: 31.6 %
- Sweden 28.8 %

Read more about the details at:
http://www.handresearch.com/diagnostics/simian-line-medical-problems.htm

1 - Simian crease - in both hands!
Prevalence: Down patients - males: 28.3 %, females: 23.4 %; controls: 4.0 % & 1.5 %

Read more about how to make a 'hand-diagnosis' for Down's syndrome at:
http://www.handresearch.com/diagnostics/simian-line-down-syndrome.htm

**Sari** Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:30 am

Hi,
I thought I'd share this pic, this young man is normal, very energetic, sporty and can get obsessed about stuff, but he is still young and I think he will do well. But no sign of downsyndrome.
A simian crease poll among parents of babies with Down syndrome! Callum10

A simian crease poll among parents of babies with Down syndrome! Callum10

**Martijn (admin)** Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:24 pm

Hi Sari,

I am not sure why you have posted this picture ... but I can add that one should understand that the simian line is only an 'element' that is often seen in Down syndrome.

But many 'simian liners' do not have Down syndrome. In fact, far most people who have a simian line do not have Down syndrome... and the difference between the hands of those people and the people who have Down syndrome can be recognized relatively easy via the other hand characteristics (e.g. the hand shape + dermatoglyphics).

I hope this makes sense.

**Sari** Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:22 pm

Hi,
Sorry Martijn, I understand what you are saying and I think I posted this picture in the wrong forum. I guess I wanted to discuss simian line in general.
sunny

**Martijn (admin)** Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:27 pm

... Okay, no problem at all.

(Feel free to add your simian line example + the story of this person as well in another simian line topic)

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