Circadian and circatrigintan rhythms in pulse, oral temperature and blood pressure of a clinically healthy Japanese woman
Kawasaki, T.; Matsuoka, M.; Halberg, E.; Halberg, F.
Chronobiologia 5(4): 399-406
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0390-0037 PMID: 747988 Document Number: 129305
The circadian and circatrigintan (menstrual) system of a healthy Japanese woman has been quantified by single cosinor analyses. The results obtained at only 2 frequencies are discussed against the background of prior chronobiologic information. The paper documents different acrophase relations of rhythms with different frequencies in the same variables and includes a sketch of the position of the single cosinor method as a tool in a methodologic armamentarium of broader interest in anthropology, medicine and more generally in biology.