Table 2 The GLM ANCOVA analyses for outcome variables the right and left 2D:4D ratios and sex, population, age, average finger length for the right and left hand in the whole sample, and sex, age, average finger length for each population.
Population | Dependent variable | R2 | Df | Independent variables | F | P | η2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total sample | R2D:4D | 0.140 | 1 | Sex | 445.765 | 3.677E−96 | 0.056 |
2 | Population | 295.104 | 4.373E−124 | 0.073 | |||
1 | Age | 70.237 | 6.225E−17 | 0.009 | |||
1 | R average finger length | 0.571 | 0.450 | 0.000 | |||
L2D:4D | 0.096 | 1 | Sex | 282.603 | 4.161E−62 | 0.042 | |
2 | Population | 171.900 | 1.816E−73 | 0.050 | |||
1 | Age | 7.301 | 0.007 | 0.001 | |||
1 | L average finger length | 1.361 | 0.243 | 0.000 | |||
European origin | R2D:4D | 0.060 | 1 | Sex | 178.003 | 1.722E−39 | 0.056 |
1 | Age | 1.737 | 0.188 | 0.001 | |||
1 | R average finger length | 1.137 | 0.286 | 0.000 | |||
L2D:4D | 0.045 | 1 | Sex | 103.720 | 7.018E−24 | 0.041 | |
1 | Age | 0.286 | 0.593 | 0.000 | |||
1 | L average finger length | 0.285 | 0.593 | 0.000 | |||
African origin | R2D:4D | 0.070 | 1 | Sex | 140.822 | 1.001E−31 | 0.048 |
1 | Age | 69.291 | 1.311E−16 | 0.024 | |||
1 | R average finger length | 1.225 | 0.269 | 0.000 | |||
L2D:4D | 0.028 | 1 | Sex | 62.874 | 3.363E−15 | 0.026 | |
1 | Age | 5.718 | 0.017 | 0.002 | |||
1 | L average finger length | 0.026 | 0.872 | 0.000 | |||
Asian origin | R2D:4D | 0.089 | 1 | Sex | 151.732 | 1.934E−33 | 0.083 |
1 | Age | 0.044 | 0.835 | 0.000 | |||
1 | R average finger length | 0.015 | 0.904 | 0.000 | |||
L2D:4D | 0.087 | 1 | Sex | 137.735 | 1.256E−30 | 0.076 | |
1 | Age | 5.330 | 0.021 | 0.003 | |||
1 | L average finger length | 7.706 | 0.006 | 0.003 |