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Table 2 Agreement between woman-selected estimated date of ovulation and blinded expert review according to the peak day method of fertility tracking

From: Pilot test and validation of the Peak Day method of prospective determination of ovulation against a handheld urine hormone monitor

 

     Scenario

 

Woman selected EDO

Woman selected EDO excluding women who previously used a fertility awareness-based method

Woman selected EDO excluding cycles for which basal body temperature was recorded

Window in relation to EDO as assessed by expert review using the “last fertile sign” algorithm1

Cycles

n = 110

n = 82

n = 67

Exact day n(%)

84 (76)

64 (78)

52 (78)

± 1 day n(%)

90 (82)

68 (83)

56 (84)

± 2 days n(%)

96 (87)

72 (88)

59 (88)

± 3 days n(%)

102 (93)

76 (93)

61 (91)

Window in relation to EDO as assessed by expert review using the “best quality” algorithm2

Cycles

n = 20

n = 10

n = 9

Exact day n(%)

18 (90)

8 (80)

7 (78)

± 1 day n(%)

19 (95)

9 (90)

8 (89)

± 2 days n(%)

20 (100)

10 (100)

9 (100)

 

± 3 days n(%)

20 (100)

10 (100)

9 (100)

  1. Abbreviations: EDO (estimated day of ovulation).
  2. 1Last day during a menstrual cycle when a woman observed any of the three fertile-type cervical fluid characteristics.
  3. 2Last day during a menstrual cycle when a woman observed the most number of fertile-type cervical fluid characteristics.