Table 1 Mean age, anthropometric measures, 2D:4D ratios and Δ2D:4D of study participants.
Features | Males N = 239 | Females N = 164 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal body weight N = 96 | Overweight N = 91 | Obese N = 52 | Normal body weight N = 57 | Overweight N = 34 | Obese N = 73 | |||||||
\({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | \({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | \({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | \({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | \({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | \({\overline{\text{x}}}\) | SD | |
Age [yrs.] | 44.34 | 12.52 | 49.36 | 18.04 | 49.11 | 13.23 | 47.50 | 10.71 | 48.18 | 11.83 | 42.46 | 11.73 |
B-v [cm] | 181.0 | 6.8 | 178.4 | 7.8 | 176.7 | 6.3 | 164.8 | 7.0 | 162.8 | 6.9 | 165.0 | 5.7 |
2DR [mm] | 74.1 | 3.9 | 73.6 | 4.2 | 73.5 | 4.6 | 69.6 | 4.5 | 70.7 | 4.0 | 69.7 | 3.5 |
4DR [mm] | 76.6 | 4.0 | 75.2 | 4.7 | 74.8 | 4.9 | 71.1 | 4.8 | 71.9 | 4.1 | 70.2 | 4.0 |
2DL [mm] | 74.4 | 3.4 | 73.3 | 4.1 | 73.8 | 4.3 | 70.0 | 4.3 | 70.9 | 3.7 | 69.8 | 3.5 |
4DL [mm] | 76.3 | 4.1 | 75.1 | 4.6 | 74.7 | 4.8 | 70.6 | 4.8 | 71.6 | 4.1 | 69.8 | 3.8 |
2D:4DR | 0.968 | 0.032 | 0.980 | 0.032 | 0.983 | 0.041 | 0.979 | 0.037 | 0.984 | 0.033 | 0.993 | 0.028 |
2D:4DL | 0.975 | 0.028 | 0.976 | 0.030 | 0.989 | 0.033 | 0.993 | 0.032 | 0.992 | 0.036 | 1.001 | 0.026 |
Δ2D:4D | − 0.006 | 0.028 | 0.004 | 0.024 | − 0.005 | 0.039 | − 0.014 | 0.029 | − 0.008 | 0.038 | − 0.007 | 0.017 |
