Short palm (PL/PB > 1,234): males, Middle East, trisomy 21, achondroplasia, fragile-X

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Short palm: PL/PB > 1,234 (= low palm length vs palm width ratio)

Prevalence in general population (GP): relatively common [~16% | 1:1 | weight: 1,00]
NOTICE: short palms are more common in males than females, also more common in the Middle-East

Most likely diagnostic options for a short palm (ranked by 'weight' for the general population):

- ASSOCIATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS:

• trisomy 21 (= Down syndrome) [~50?% | 1:700 | weight: 0,004]
• fragile-X syndrome [~70?% | 1:5K | weight: 0,0009]
• achondroplasia (= dwarfism) [~95+% | 1:25K | weight: 0,0002]
• trisomy 13 (= Patau syndrome [~50?% | 1:15K | weight: 0,0002]
• 5p- syndrome (= cri-du-chat syndrome) [~50?% | 1:30K | weight: 0,0001]

- ASSOCIATED PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS:

(Unknown)

[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)]

- Recommended sources involving short palms:

• Earth hands & Air hands!
• PL/PB ratio: data for 19 human populations!

Quick summary:
short palms are often seen in males & Middle East people; short palms are typically seen in Down syndrome, very short palms in achondroplasia.

[In every 1000 short palm cases in the general population (GP) you can expect to find only about 4 trisomy 21 cases, 1 fragile-x syndrome case, etc.]

NOTICE: Keep in mind that every single hand sign always bares the potential
to have an association with multiple psychology- and/or health related themes;
a solid assessment always requires a consideration of hand sign combinations!

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