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The relationships among height, penile length, and foot size

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To determine whether "folk myths" regarding the relationships of penile size to body height and foot size have any basis in fact, 63 normally virilized men were studied. Height and stretched penile length were measured; shoe size was recorded and converted to foot length. Penile length was found to be statistically related to both body height and foot length, but with weak correlation coefficients. Height and foot size would not serve as practical estimators of penis length.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Kerry Siminoski MD (FRCPC)

  2. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Mount Sinai Hospital & The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Jerald Bain BSc Phm, MD, MSc (FRCPC)

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Siminoski, K., Bain, J. The relationships among height, penile length, and foot size. Annals of Sex Research 6, 231–235 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00849563

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