Social communication and emotion difficulties and second to fourth digit ratio in a large community-based sample

Table 3 Logistic regression analyses of children’s 2D:4D ratios: comparison of children scores in social communication (SCDC: binary and top 10 %). Both genders together and stratified by gender

	Minimally adjusted model OR (95 % CI)^a		Fully adjusted model OR (95 % CI)^b
	2D:4D right	2D:4D right	2D:4D right	2D:4D left
Binary n (%) scoring ≥9	1.002 (0.96, 1.05)	1.011 (0.97, 1.06)	1.003 (0.97, 1.04)	1.013 (0.98, 1.05)
SCDC scores on top 10 %	1.012 (0.98, 1.05)	1.028 (1.00–1.06)	1.012 (0.98, 1.04)	1.028 (1.00–1.06)
Female
Binary n (%) scoring ≥9	1.046 (0.98, 1.12)	1.048 (0.98, 1.12)	1.048 (0.99, 1.12)	1.048 (0.98, 1.12)
Binary top 10 %	1.020 (0.97, 1.07)	1.044 (1.00, 1.10)	1.021 (0.97, 1.07)	1.043 (0.99, 1.10)
Male
Binary n (%) scoring ≥9	1.005 (0.96, 1.05)	0.986 (0.93, 1.04)	0.973 (0.92, 1.03)	0.986 (0.93, 1.04)
Binary top 10 %	1.006 (0.97, 1.04)	1.013 (0.97, 1.06)	1.005 (0.99, 1.02)	1.013 (0.97, 1.06)

ns not significant after adjusting for multiple comparisons using the Bonferroni-Holm method
^aMinimally adjusted model: adjusted for child age and tester
^bFully adjusted model: adjusted for child age, tester, maternal education, ethnic background and parity
ns: < 0.001

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