Table 2.

Results of regression analysis for prediction of preferred WHR and BMI for short-term and long-term relationships, separately in female and male participants.

	Educaional background	SQ	EQ	Digit ratio	Age
Males’ short-term preference
BMI
Beta	0.201	− 0.018	− 0.044	− 0.154	− 0.016
p-value	0.009*	0.822	0.586	0.039*	0.833
WHR
Beta	− 0.086	0.032	0.074	− 0.063	− 0.136
p-value	0.263	0.687	0.365	0.40	0.081
Males’ long-term preference
BMI
Beta	0.131	0.0050	− 0.067	− 0.060	− 0.085
p-value	0.092	0.949	0.415	0.43	0.28
WHR
Beta	− 0.050	0.123	− 0.164	0.072	− 0.052
p-value	0.518	0.122	0.045*	0.339	0.504
Females’ short-term preference
BMI
Beta	− 0.182	− 0.0090	− 0.020	− 0.154	0.078
p-value	0.034*	0.917	0.82	0.070	0.355
WHR
Beta	− 0.124	− 0.142	0.029	− 0.067	− 0.091
p-value	0.152	0.114	0.743	0.434	0.285
Females’ long-term preference
BMI
Beta	− 0.073	0.0080	0.077	− 0.114	0.152
p-value	0.40	0.931	0.385	0.184	0.077
WHR
Beta	0.0030	− 0.060	0.0080	− 0.0050	− 0.074
p-value	0.974	0.508	0.929	0.954	0.398

*p-value < 0.05 is considered significant.