Those with ring fingers longer than index fingers did better on the math part of a standardized test than the reading part.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

And in other economic news, a report by the Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing index shrank by less than expected.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The S & P Five Hundred index gained over twenty percent its largest increase in six years.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index had its biggest jump in six years in May.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

And another British study reported last year that people whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger are at higher risk of osteoarthritis.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The longer the ring finger and the shorter the index finger, the greater the testosterone exposure.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

A way to know how much is to compare their ring finger to their index finger.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Body mass index,or BMI, is a measure of a person's weight in relation to height.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of thirty or more.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The nongovernmental organization has released its Corruption Perceptions Index each year since nineteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The Standard and Poor's/Case-Shiller Index measures home prices in twenty large American cities.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

The S&P/Case-Shiller national index of home prices rose in April,May and June.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

The index finger is the one next to the thumb;

VOA: special.2009.02.25

It was a similar story in India. Bombay's Sensex index fell to its lowest level in two and a half months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17