Arliss Jill M, Kaplan Erin N, Galvin Shelley L
Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 May;192(5):1462-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.12.034.
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the lunar cycle on the frequency of deliveries and/or delivery complications.
This was a retrospective cohort, secondary analysis of 564,039 births across 62 lunar cycles that were identified from North Carolina birth certificate data from 1997 to 2001.
Using analysis of variance and t-tests, we found no significant differences in the frequency of births, route of delivery, births to multigravid women, or birth complications across the 8 phases of the moon or between documented high- and low-volume intervals of the lunar cycle.
An analysis of 5 years of data demonstrated no predictable influence of the lunar cycle on deliveries or complications. As expected, this pervasive myth is not evidence based.
本研究旨在探讨月运周期对分娩频率和/或分娩并发症的影响。
这是一项回顾性队列研究，对1997年至2001年北卡罗来纳州出生证明数据中识别出的62个农历周期内的564,039例分娩进行二次分析。
通过方差分析和t检验，我们发现在月亮的8个阶段之间，或在记录的农历周期的高流量和低流量间隔之间，分娩频率、分娩方式、经产妇分娩情况或分娩并发症均无显著差异。
对5年数据的分析表明，月运周期对分娩或并发症没有可预测的影响。不出所料，这个普遍存在的误解并无证据支持。
