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. 2018 Sep 13;13(9):e0203685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203685

Table 4. Finger lengths of women students at Grand Valley State University.

Finger Finger length of women that played overhand throwing sports Finger length of women that played non-overhand throwing sports Welch’s t df P
Right 2D 73.92 ± 5.72 (17) 73.92 ± 4.58 (241) 0.003 17.48 0.99
Right 4D 77.74 ± 5.41 (17) 75.64 ± 4.68 (241) 1.55 17.73 0.14
Right 5D 63.08 ± 4.02 (17) 61.22 ± 4.30 (239) 1.83 18.71 0.08
Left 2D 73.87 ± 5.14 (17) 73.58 ± 4.46 (241) 0.27 17.74 0.82
Left 4D 77.62 ± 5.25 (17) 75.51 ± 4.68 (241) 1.62 17.85 0.12
Left 5D 63.88 ± 4.61 (17) 61.49 ± 4.25 (240) 2.07 17.98 0.05

Finger lengths (mm) reported as means ± SD (n). The Welch t-test for left 5D became statistically insignificant after performing a Holm-Bonferroni sequential correction for multiple tests, Padjusted = 0.30.