NORMATIVE STUDY OF AGE VARIATION IN SALIVARY PROGESTERONE PROFILES

被引：65

作者：

LIPSON, SF

ELLISON, PT

机构：

[1] Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

来源：

JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE | 1992年 / 24卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1017/S0021932000019751

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Daily luteal progesterone levels were measured for 124 regularly menstruating women, aged 18-44, by radioimmunoassay of steroid levels in saliva. A consistent pattern of age variation in luteal function was found, with the lowest levels of progesterone in the 18-19-year-old and 40-44-year-old groups, the highest values in the 25-34 year olds, and intermediate values in the 20-24 and 35-39-year-old groups. The striking similarity of this pattern of age variation with empirically and theoretically generated curves of apparent fecundability, suggests that age-related changes in ovarian function may underlie observed age variation in fecundability.

引用

页码：233 / 244

页数：12

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