Most likely diagnostic options for high hand index (ranked by 'weight' for the general population):
- ASSOCIATED PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS:
• masculinity [~40% | 1:7 | weight: 0,57]
• low Conscientiousness (C-) [~15% | 1:4 | weight: 0,37]
• male firefighters [~55?% | 1:280 | weight: 0,02]
- ASSOCIATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS:
• trisomy 21 (= Down syndrome) [~45?% | 1:700 | weight: 0,006]
• fragile-X syndrome [~55?% | 1:5K | weight: 0,001]
• achondroplasia (= dwarfism) [~99+?% | 1:25K | weight: 0,0004]
• trisomy 13 (= Patau syndrome [~50?% | 1:15K | weight: 0,0003]
• 5p- syndrome (= cri-du-chat syndrome) [~40?% | 1:30K | weight: 0,0001]
[1st figure = prevalence hand sign in condition | 2nd
figure = prevalence condition in GP | 3rd figure =
estimated hand sign weight for condition relative
to GP (>0,5 = present in majority of GP)]
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Quick summary:
high hand index is often seen in males, Middle East people & low scorers for the Big Five personality dimension Conscientousness (C+); high hand index is typically seen in Down syndrome, very high hand index in achondroplasia.
[For every 100 high hand index (HI) cases in the general population (GP) you can expect to find
57 masculinity cases, 37 low Conscientiousness cases, etc.]
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