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Volume (56) Number 1 pp. 71-87
Delwyn G. Cooke 1, Leonard F. Blackwell 2
1 , Palmerston North, New Zealand
2Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
3Deviot Institute, , 7275, Australia
4College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
2Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
3Deviot Institute, , 7275, Australia
4College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
On the distribution of urine output in normally cycling women
Summary
It has been suggested that it is possible to monitor the menstrual cycle by measuring the concentration of urinary reproductive steroids. This neglects the variation in void volume and in urine production rate. In neither case has any systematic analysis been reported previously. Overnight urine samples were collected each day for one complete cycle by 24 women and the void volumes and intervoid times were recorded. The void volume and urine production rate were approximately lognormally distributed and the intervoid time was approximately normally distributed. Using these distributions we consider the implications of the variation in void volume and urine production rate for the comparison of the concentrations of a urinary analyte in two samples.
Keywords: distribution, menstrual cycle, urine, urine production rate
DOI: 10.2478/bile-2019-0006
For citation:
| MLA | Cooke, Delwyn G., and Leonard F. Blackwell. "On the distribution of urine output in normally cycling women." Biometrical Letters 56.1 (2019): 71-87. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2019-0006 |
| APA | Cooke, D. G., & Blackwell, L. F. (2019). On the distribution of urine output in normally cycling women. Biometrical Letters 56(1), 71-87 DOI: 10.2478/bile-2019-0006 |
| ISO 690 | COOKE, Delwyn G., BLACKWELL, Leonard F.. On the distribution of urine output in normally cycling women. Biometrical Letters, 2019, 56.1: 71-87. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2019-0006 |