Table 2.
Participant characteristics and hand measurements†
(Mean values, standard deviations and ranges)
| Overall | Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measurement | Mean | sd | Range | Mean | sd | Range | Mean | sd | Range |
| n | 67 | 20 | 47 | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23·2 | 3·5 | 17·9–30·8 | 25·6 | 3·8 | 17·9–30·8 | 22·2 | 3·8 | 18–29·7 |
| Age (years) | 32·7 | 13·7 | 19–77 | 36·9 | 16·1 | 20–77 | 31·0 | 12·3 | 19–63 |
| Finger width (cm) | 1·6 | 0·2 | 1·3–2·3 | 1·8 | 0·2 | 1·6–2·3 | 1·5* | 0·1 | 1·3–1·8 |
| Fist volume (ml) | 248·7 | 57·5 | 156·3–396·6 | 321·1 | 43·0 | 238·0–396·6 | 217·9* | 27·1 | 156·3–279·4 |
| Thumb tip volume (ml) | 4·8 | 1·6 | 2·4–10·9 | 6·4 | 1·8 | 4·0–10·9 | 4·1* | 0·9 | 2·4–6·4 |
| Index fingertip volume (ml) | 2·8 | 1·0 | 1·3–6·7 | 3·7 | 1·1 | 2·6–6·6 | 2·4* | 0·7 | 1·3–4·2 |
* Mean value was significantly different from that for males (P < 0·001).
† The two-sample t test was used to compare females and males.