Object's details: 2D:4D digit ratio and its relationship to BMI, sporting choices and physiological predispositions among women

Provider:Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

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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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