Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of subjects in the follicular and late luteal phase

	Control Group (n = 10)		PMS Group (n = 11)
	Follicular	Luteal	Follicular	Luteal
Basal body temperature (°C)	36.04 ± 0.10	36.51 ± 0.14*	36.36 ± 0.08	36.43 ± 0.11*
Estrone conjugates (ng/ml Cr)	11.1 ± 2.3	20.4 ± 4.2*	12.6 ± 1.5	19.6 ± 6.2*
Pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (μg/ml Cr)	0.6 ± 0.2	3.7 ± 0.6**	0.4 ± 0.04	2.1 ± 0.4**
Weight (kg)	52.3 ± 1.7	52.5 ± 1.8	53.9 ± 1.8	54.6 ± 1.8**
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	20.4 ± 0.4	20.4 ± 0.5	20.2 ± 0.6	20.5 ± 0.6**
Body fat (%)	25.9 ± 1.0	25.8 ± 1.0	24.8 ± 1.1	25.2 ± 1.1

Cr: creatinine

Values are means ± SE. **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05 (Follicular phase vs. Late luteal phase)