Table 2. Adjusted means of 2D:4D and of the anthropometric characteristics (ANCOVA with skeletal age as co-variate).
F-ratio | LSMEAN ref. girls | LSMEAN gymnasts | |
(n = 129) | (n = 129) | ||
2D:4D | 1.31 | 0.924 | 0.921 |
Height (cm) | 46.82** | 161.3 | 155.8 |
Weight kg) | 49.32** | 52.7 | 47.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 12.13** | 20.19 | 19.39 |
Endomorphy | 334.48** | 3.9 | 1.9 |
Mesomorphy | 60.14** | 2.9 | 3.7 |
Ectomorphy | 0.02 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
IANDR | 26.16** | 76.15 | 73.32 |
IANDR: androgyny index; **p≤0.01.