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

Table 5. Results of ANCOVAs comparing the digit ratios of women that played overhand playing sports with those that did not.

Digit Ratio B ± SE 95% C.I. Wald χ2 P Model χ2 P
Right 2D4D 0.027 ± 0.009 0.010–0.044 9.45 0.002 9.28 0.010
Right 2D5D 0.036 ± 0.014 0.009–0.063 6.73 0.009 10.27 0.006
Left 2D4D 0.023 ± 0.008 0.007–0.093 7.67 0.006 8.48 0.014
Left 2D5D 0.038 ± 0.014 0.011–0.065 7.63 0.006 14.83 0.006

ANCOVAs was performed with digit ratios as the dependent variables, whether or not a women played an overhand throwing sport as a fixed effect and mean finger lengths as covariates. All Wald χ2 df = 1. All Wald χ2 P remained statistically significant after performing a Holm-Bonferroni sequential correction for multiple tests: Right 2D4D, Padjusted = 0.008; Right 2D5D, Padjusted = 0.018; Left 2D4D, Padjusted = 0.018; Left 2D5D, Padjusted = 0.018. All Model χ2 df = 2. All model χ2 P remained statistically significant after performing a Holm-Bonferroni sequential correction for multiple tests all Padjusted = 0.024.