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• Title:
  2D:4D digit ratio and its relationship to BMI, sporting choices and physiological predispositions among women
• Creator:
  Tomaszewska, Agnieszka;
  Lubońska, Julia Anna
• Contributor:
  Tomaszewska, Agnieszka - Department of Anthropology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences Kozuchowska Street 5, 51-631 Wroclaw;
  Lubońska, Julia Anna - Department of Anthropology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences Kozuchowska Street 5, 51-631 Wroclaw;
  Tomaszewska, Agnieszka - tomaszewska@upwr.edu.pl;
  Lubońska, Julia Anna - anthrev@uni.lodz.pl
• Description:
  The 2D:4D digit ratio has been established as a biomarker of the level of exposure to prenatal sex hormones’ balancebetween prenatal testosterone (PT) and estrogenne levels. Higher 2D:4D indicates lower PT exposure and vice versa. Data suggests that PT exposure is linked to a risk-taking attitude and physical aggressiveness, both of which are requirements in contact sport. A possible correlation between 2D:4D and human body mass index has also been identified. The aim of the study was to examine the relation between 2D:4D ratio and choice of sport. It was assumed that female soccer players who choose a contact sport would have a lower 2D:4D ratio (thus experiencing higher exposure to PT) than female volleyball players (selecting non-contact sport). The analysis was also aimed at identifying whether a correlation between prenatal testosterone level and BMI exists. The participant sample consisted of 103 women – 36 volleyball players, 33 soccer players and a control group (N=34). Measurements were collected in 2019–2020. The results suggest that 2D:4D was significantly different in women practicing various sports (contact and non-contact sports). Women engaged in contact sports had lower 2D:4D than women engaged in non-contact sports, and vice versa (pem>pem>vice versa.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2022.08.02;
  2022.07.26
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Anthropological Review;2;
  85
• Subject:
  contact sport;
  non-contact sport;
  volleyball;
  soccer;
  prenatal testosterone;
  weight
• Identifier:
  1898-6773;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/42627 ;
  2083-4594;
  10.18778/1898-6773.85.2.07
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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