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The Relationship of the Post-Ovulatory Phase of The Menstrual Cycle to Total Cycle Length

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Judith Bailey  and
John Marshall
Judith Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
John Marshall
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Summary

The basal body temperature was recorded by 1353 healthy fertile women aged 18 to 49 years inclusive through 12,247 cycles. The post-ovulatory (hyperthermic) phase of the cycle was significantly longer by 1·31 days in cycles with a slow or staircase rise of temperature than in cycles with an acute rise. The hyperthermic phase increased in length in a rectilinear fashion from 10 to 13 days as the total cycle length rose from 22 to 29 days; over total cycle lengths from 29 to 33 days the length of the hyperthermic phase remained around 13 days.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 123 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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