Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) and testosterone in men

作     者：J.T.Manning S.Wood E.Vang J.Walton P.E.Bundred C.van Heyningen D.I.Lewis-Jones J.T.MANNING;S.WOOD;E.VANG;J.WALTON;P.E.HUNDRED;C.VAN HEYNINGEN;D.I.LEWIS-JONESDEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY;UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE;PRESTON PR HE;UKREPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE UNIT;LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL;CROWN STREET;LIVERPOOL L SS;UKDEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL IMAGING;THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL;PO BOX;LIVERPOOL L BX;UKDEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY CARE;LIVERPOOL L GX;UKUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE;LIVERPOOL L AL;UKDEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY;UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOO...

作者机构：Department of PsychologyUniversity of Central LancashirePreston PR1 2HEUK Reproductive Medicine UnitLiverpool Women's HospitalCrown StreetLiverpool L8 7SSUK Department of Medical ImagingThe University of LiverpoolPO Box 147Liverpool L69 3BXUK Department of Primary CareThe University of LiverpoolLiverpool L69 3GXUK University Hospital AintreeLiverpool L9 7ALUK Department of Obstetrics & GynaecologyUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpool Women's HospitalCrown StreetLiverpool L8 7SSUK 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志(英文版))

年 卷 期：2004年第6卷第3期

页      面：211-215页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：2nd to 4th digit ratio 2D:4D testosterone 

摘      要：Aim: To investigate the relationship between 2D:4D and testosterone in men attending an infertility clinic and men drawn from the general population. Methods: Data on 2D:4D and testosterone from two samples were collected: (1) 43 men attending an infertility clinic, and (2) 51 men drawn from the general population without regard to fertility. Results: In sample (1) there were negative associations between 2D:4D and testicular function, and men with lower 2D:4D in their right compared to left hand had higher testosterone levels than men with higher 2D:4D in their right compared to left hand. Sample (2) showed no significant associations between 2D:4D or side differences in 2E:4D and testosterone. Conclusion: Adult levels of testosterone may be related to aspects of 2D:4D in samples which contain men with compromised testicular function, but not in men from normative samples. Associations between 2D:4D and fertility-associated traits probably arise from early organisational effects of testosterone rather than from activational effects of current testosterone.