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. 2020 Jul 24;8:387. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00387

Table 2.

Analysis of allometry for 38 subsistence-based preindustrial societies.

Male Female
Male/Female height ratio correlated with height (R) 0.41** 0.15NS
Male/Female height ratio correlated with weight (R) 0.57*** 0.43**

Sexual dimorphism in body size as a function of the average male and female height and weight.

R-Spearman's correlation coefficient, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001.

NS, not significant.