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Hand preference, immune system disorder and cognitive function among gay/bisexual men: the Multicenter AIDS Cohort
J T Becker1, S M Bass, M A Dew
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Neuropsychologia
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
This study evaluated the self-reported patterns of handedness among a large subsample (n = 1612) of the gay/bisexual men comprising the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). There was a small but significant elevation in left-handedness among gay/bisexual men compared to available normative data. However, there were no differences within the cohort in measures of immune function, self-reported autoimmune disorders, asthma, or hay fever, although there was an association between handedness and allergy. Performance on neuropsychological tests also did not differ as a function of handedness.