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Note
:
*
As a person grows older, his or her normal temperature range
tends to decrease.
*
Take consideration of physiological variations when evaluat-
ing the results: body temperature increases by 0.5
o
C / 0.9
o
F
between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m.
*
Women, on average, have higher temperatures of around 0.2
o
C / 0.36
o
F. Their temperature also varies in accordance with
their ovarian cycle. It rises by 0.5
o
C / 0.9
o
F in the second half of
the cycle and in the early stages of pregnancy.
*
Scanning body temperature in a sitting position versus a
standing position could result in temperatures lowered by as
much as 0.3-0.4
o
C / 0.54-0.72
o
F.
