Dysmenorrhea and body mass index

<p>Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological complaint among women, one that costs the U.S. economy approximately $2 billion in lost productivity each year. The present observational study examined the correlation of BMI and diagnoses of dysmenorrhea in a large sample of women ages 18-40 seen in an outpatient setting over the course of one year at a large health system in southeast Michigan. Although there were no statistically significant differences in the probability of dysmenorrhea among women of different BMI groups, the trending information seemed to suggest that dysmenorrhea is not influenced by BMI categories per se, but by extremes in body weight. Future research must include a larger data set so that differences between BMI groups can be more readily detected. It may also be prudent to control for nulliparity in future studies since dysmenorrhea has been shown to be inversely related to parity.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Sciences

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Richard, Marisa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Irwin G. Martin
• Stephen Sonstein

• dysmenorrhea
• Medicine and Health Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/865

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2245