Characterization of profiles of salivary progesterone concentrations during the luteal phase of fertile and subfertile women

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R. F. Walker
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S. M. Walker
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ABSTRACT

Salivary progesterone concentrations were measured in daily samples collected between 08.00 and 09.00 h throughout the menstrual cycle of women with a history of fertility. The luteal-phase salivary progesterone profiles in these normally menstruating, healthy women were characterized using a computer program based on a cumulative sum procedure. This method of statistical analysis led to the development of a 'progesterone boundary diagram', the inner and outer domains of which distinguished between the profiles of salivary progesterone considered compatible with fertility, and those observed in subfertile women attending an infertility clinic.

J. Endocr. (1985) 104, 441–446

 

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