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EDITORIAL article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Developmental Endocrinology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1600797
This article is part of the Research TopicExploring Anthropometric Markers in Hormonal Exposure and Endocrine Disease PathophysiologyView all 6 articles
Editorial: Exploring Anthropometric Markers in Hormonal Exposure and Endocrine Disease Pathophysiology
Provisionally accepted- Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
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disease. Sexual functioning and the quality of sleep seem to be an important domain for the quality of life, with androgens playing a key role in its regulation for both men and women. In their series of two articles Bartoszek et al (https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1546385 and https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1480963) aimed to examine these correlates of life quality from the aspect of prenatal androgens exposure (PAE) influence. Specifically, their goal was to explore potential correlations between the 2D:4D and sexual disorders, depression, anxiety, and sleep. With regard to sexual aspect, they found high PAE was associated with a greater openness to casual relationships, particularly among women, while low-PAE individuals prioritized intelligence over physical traits in partner preferences. These findings suggest that PAE, as measured by the 2D:4D ratio, may be associated with adult psychosocial
Keywords: Anthropometric markers, Digit ratio (2D:4D), Endocrine diseases, BMI - body mass index, Pathophisiology
Received: 26 Mar 2025; Accepted: 09 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Kasielska-Trojan, Antoszewski and Manning. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Anna Kasielska-Trojan, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
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