Sex differences in the fingers of 3 to 5 month old infants do not predict concurrent salivary testosterone levels

    Authors

    M. H. McIntyre;G. M. Alexander

    Comments

    Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Early Hum. Dev.

    Keywords

    Perinatal; Postnatal; Prenatal; Androgens; 2D:4D; Digit ratios; CONGENITAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA; REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; LUTEINIZING-HORMONE; FETAL TESTOSTERONE; SERUM-LEVELS; BOYS; FEMALES; LENGTH; RATIO; HYPOGONADISM; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Pediatrics

    Abstract

    Testosterone was assayed in the saliva of 32 female and 42 male 3-5 month old infants, and the lengths of their finger segments between flexion creases were measured. While expected sex differences were identified in the finger measures, these sex differences were not correlated with salivary testosterone in either sex. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Early Human Development

    Volume

    87

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    349

    Last Page

    351

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000290831400005

    ISSN

    0378-3782

    Share

    COinS