219 NMCJ Gender Specific Correlation between Lip Print, Fingerprint and Blood Groups among Adults aged 20-30 Years attending a Tertiary Health Care Centre Pratikshya Ghimire, 1 Sima Ghimire, 2 Adarsha Khanal, 3 Anju Khapung 4 ABSTRACT A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine gender specifc correlation between lip print, fnger print and blood group among 120 adult clinical cases in a tertiary hospital in Kathmandu. Lip prints were collected using lipstick and cellophane sheet. Thumb print was collected using commercially available ink pad and white paper and analyzed using hand held magnifying lens. Blood group was noted at the time of recording lip and thumb print. A statistically signifcant association of gender with fngerprint (p=<0.001) and lip print (p=0.001) was found. A strong co-existing relation have been found between gender and the loop fngerprint-lip print type I’- blood group O and arch fngerprint–lip print type I’– blood group ‘O’. Corresponding author Dr. Pratikshya Ghimire Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Nepal Medical College, Attarkhel Gokarneshwor-8, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: pratikshyag123@gmail.com Orcid No: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-1753 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/nmcj.v24i3.48597 Keywords Blood group, fngerprint, forensic dentistry, gender determination, lip print Original Article Nepal Med Coll J September 2022; 24 (3): 219-26 Received on: July 14, 2022 Accepted for publication: September 02, 2022 1 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Nepal Medical College, 2 Genuine Smile Dental Clinic, Chakrapath, Kathmandu, 3 Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Nepal Police Hospital, 4 Community and Public Health Dentistry, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Attarkhel, Gokarneshwor-8, Kathmandu, Nepal