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. 2019 Jan 24;9:584. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37423-8

Table 3.

Univariable analysis of continuous early life variables and hand preference.

TRAIT N p-value Note Effect on logit Right Hand preference
Year of birth 421,667 1.0E-30 Increase ~ 0.7percentage -points per decade −0.007 yr−1
Birthweight 231,155 0.0009 Left-handers are ~26 g lighter on average 0.035 kg−1
Cosine(month) 421,667 0.004 See Figure S4 0.022