Core body temperature variation in symptomatic and asymptomatic postmenopausal women: brief report.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if core body temperature (T) fluctuations occur in asymptomatic as well as symptomatic postmenopausal women.


METHODS
Tc was recorded with an ingested radiotelemetry pill in symptomatic postmenopausal women who had a hot flash in the laboratory, in symptomatic women who did not have a hot flash in the laboratory, and in asymptomatic postmenopausal women.


RESULTS
There were no significant differences in mean Tc or Tc variation, as measured by the standard deviation, among the three groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Tc fluctuations are not unique to symptomatic postmenopausal women.
Freedman
Robert R
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA. aa2613@wayne.edu
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D013686:Telemetry