What you hand says about your health

The majority of men have a longer ring finger than an index finger (the finger next to the thumb), whereas women tend to have more or less the same length - the ratio is thought to bear relation to exposure to testosterone in utero.

Take a look at your hands, is this the same for you?


Digit ratio has long been discussed as symptomatic of certain traits.

Here’s a brief breakdown of what it could mean if your ring finger is longer than your index finger:

If you’re a man, that means you’re more likely to develop prostate cancer, according to a study from the British Journal of Cancer. You're also more likely to be fertile, and less likely to have a heart attack, according to studies in 2002 and 2001 respectively.

If you’re a woman, you’re also less likely to have a heart attack, but you’re likely to be less fertile. In addition, you’re more likely to be a lesbian, statistically speaking.

A German study from 2005 also found that you’re more likely to have better spatial skills if you’re a woman with a longer ring finger.

You’re more likely in general to be aggressive, and has been indirectly linked to wealth in a study of city traders by Cambridge researchers.

It should be stressed that these are all statistical studies and cannot possibly describe every individual - you're unique and your fingers don't tell you who you are, just where you sit on the bell curve of likelihood.

-The Independent UK