Assessment of the 2D:4D ratio in aggression-related injuries in children attending a paediatric emergency department
| Autor: | D. E. O’Briain, P. H. Dawson, J. C. Kelly, Paul Connolly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Digit ratio Adolescent Poison control Boxer's fracture Fractures Bone 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Finger Injuries Injury prevention medicine Humans Child Retrospective Studies Aggression business.industry Retrospective cohort study Bone age 030229 sport sciences General Medicine medicine.disease Radiography Cohort Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 186:441-445 |
| ISSN: | 1863-4362 0021-1265 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11845-016-1524-5 |
| Popis: | The 2D:4D ratio is a sexually dimorphic trait. A lower ratio is correlated with sporting prowess, successful financial trading, risk taking behaviour, aggression, and aggression-related injuries, such as the fifth metacarpal fractures. We aimed to assess if the ratio correlates to skeletally immature patient aggression. Radiology reports were searched for the terms “5th metacarpal” or “boxer”. Of 537 X-rays, 142 had fractures. The mechanism of injury was recorded in 102 patients, differentiating aggressive and non-aggressive injury groups. Bone age and chronological age were recorded. A clear male preponderance for aggression was identified with only 60% of non-aggressive injuries occurring in males compared to 95% in the aggression group (p |
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