Finger Length Points to Prostate Cancer Risk

Men who have long index fingers are at lower risk of prostate cancer, a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer has found.

The study led by The University of Warwick and The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) found men whose index finger is longer than their ring finger were one third less likely to develop the disease than men with the opposite finger length pattern.

The most common finger length pattern, seen in more than half the men in the study, was a shorter index than ring finger. Men whose index and ring fingers were the same length (about 19 per cent) had a similar prostate cancer risk, but men whose index fingers were longer than their ring finger were 33 per cent less likely to have prostate cancer. Risk reduction was even greater in men aged under 60 years- these men were 87 per cent less likely to be in the prostate cancer group.

Source:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/finger_length_points