A STUDY OF FORCED VITAL CAPACITY IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ITS CORRELATION WITH SERUM PROGESTERONE AND BODY MASS INDEX IN LUTEAL PHASE AMONG HEALTHY FEMALES
| Autor: | Bharath T, Suja P, Prarthana K G |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental sciences. 2:5676-5681 |
| ISSN: | 2278-4802 2278-4748 |
| DOI: | 10.14260/jemds/1043 |
| Popis: | Progesterone is known to cause hyperventilation. Considering this fact, the present study was conducted on fifty healthy young volunteers with the age range of 18-25 years during their early follicular, ovulatory and luteal phases of menstrual cycle. Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and serum progesterone levels were measured by portable spirometer (RMS HELIOS 401) and progesterone kit in IMMULITE®1000 analyzer respectively in each phase of the cycle. The anthropometric measurements such as height, weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) were measured. Serum progesterone was higher during the luteal phase which was statistically significant. FVC correlated positively with serum progesterone but failed to show any statistical significance. FVC also showed a positive correlation with BMI (18.5-24.9kg/m2) which was statistically significant. This concludes a directly proportional relationship between BMI and FVC. FVC reflected a better value in luteal phase which is statistically significant as compared to the other two phases of the menstrual cycle. These observations suggest a potential role of raised progesterone levels leading to the improvement of pulmonary function during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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