Dream Recall and Content versus the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Women
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | B | SE | P | OR | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | −0.007 | 0.012 | 0.526 | 0.992 | 0.969–1.016 |
Luteal phase (+) | +0.451 | 0.217 | 0.038 | 1.569 | 1.025–2.402 |
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Ilias, I.; Economou, N.-T.; Lekkou, A.; Romigi, A.; Koukkou, E. Dream Recall and Content versus the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Women. Med. Sci. 2019, 7, 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci7070081
Ilias I, Economou N-T, Lekkou A, Romigi A, Koukkou E. Dream Recall and Content versus the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Women. Medical Sciences. 2019; 7(7):81. https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci7070081
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlias, Ioannis, Nicholas-Tiberio Economou, Anastasia Lekkou, Andrea Romigi, and Eftychia Koukkou. 2019. "Dream Recall and Content versus the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Women" Medical Sciences 7, no. 7: 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci7070081