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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Physical Performance in Female Olympic Athletes.

Emma Eklund, Lena Ekström, John-Olof Thörngren, Magnus Ericsson, Bo Berglund, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Associations Between Cytochrome P450 (CYP) Gene Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Second-to-Fourth Digit Ratio in Chinese University Students.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emma EklundDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lena EkströmDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
John-Olof ThörngrenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Magnus EricssonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bo BerglundDepartment of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Angelica Lindén HirschbergDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Body CompositionPhysical Functional PerformanceSportsAdolescentAdultAndrogensAthletesAthletic PerformanceCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFingersFollow-Up StudiesHumansSwedenYoung AdultAndrogens2D:4D ratioandrogen metabolitesfemale athletesphysical performancetestosterone

Identifiers

PMID32528408
PMCPMC7247813
OpenAlexW3025880002

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Registered trials

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