Posted on 10/19/2002 3:56:56 AM PDT by Pharmboy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - On the heels of a previous report that debunked the notion that a man's shoe size could be used to estimate the length of his penis, a new study now claims that those with inquiring minds need merely take a gander at a man's forefinger.
According to Greek scientists, the length of a man's index finger can accurately predict the length of his penis. The findings are published in the September issue of the journal Urology.
Dr. Evangelos Spyropoulos and colleagues from the Naval and Veterans Hospital of Athens, Greece say they conducted their investigation to gather more information on the relationship between body measurements and male genitalia size. They argue that such information--as well as a clearer definition of "normal penile size"--will help doctors counsel and treat the many men who are concerned about perceived inadequacies relating to their genitals.
The "lack of standardized metric data and the absence of widely acceptable criteria on the proper size of the external genitalia poses major difficulties in the counseling and/or treatment of young adult men with worries of sexual inadequacy," the authors write.
In their study, Spyropoulos and colleagues measured penile length and testicular volume in 52 healthy young males between the ages of 19 and 38 and compared them with other body measurements including height, weight, body mass index, index finger length and waist/hip ratio.
In lieu of measuring a man's erect penis, the team measured the flaccid, gently stretched penis, which they note is statistically correlated to erect penis length.
"Age and (body measurements) were not associated with the size of the genitalia, excluding the index finger length, which correlated significantly with the dimensions of the flaccid, maximally stretched, penis," the report indicates.
"We realize that the study population was relatively inadequate and suggest that a greater scale study with a significantly larger number of subjects is needed to confirm the observations, particularly the demonstrated trend of penile length with index finger length," Spyropoulos and colleagues conclude.
SOURCE: Urology 2002;60:485-491.
But seriously folks, have all the problems in urologigic medicine been solved? There's time for this research?
This assumption cannot be accepted without reference. Exactly how did you note this statistical correlation?
Furthermore, the elasticity of the flaccid penis is greater than that of the index finger and the erect penis. How greatly were these flaccid penises stretched? Are we to assume that each was stretched to maximum length? Near maximum length? Was the endpoint the outcry on the part of the study population (which could vary considerably from a maximum-stretch endpoint)? This needs clarification.
Were attempts made to stretch the index fingers?
"the study population was relatively inadequate"
Okay, fellas, it's back to the drawing board. And this time use an adequate study population.
No, they are measuring their index finger
When I read articles like this, I suddenly feel that none of the research I did to earn either of my two master's degrees was really all that bad. Having sulfuric acid eat a few little holes in a few pairs of jeans is a painless process and is certainly not too embarrassing. Trying to keep oysters alive to build a "living water filter" is frustrating but not too disgusting. There are grad students who have it much worse than I did.
WFTR
Bill
ROTFL!
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