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People can have the ear crease without heart disease. “Of the 888 patients, 508 had an ear crease,” he said.The doctor, whose work in snake and scorpion bites have earned international praise, believes the “ear crease” could serve as a surrogate marker for doctors in resource-crunch settings. “A majority of people with the an ear crease are in their late 50s or 60s. He studied 888 patients who came with diseases common among Indians, such as diabetes and hypertension, and found that 95% of those who had an “ear crease” had ischemic heart disease (see box). “The height of most Caucasians is 180 cm or more, they have bigger blood vessels and hence have lower incidence of heart disease,” he said..