Nutritional Status and Anthropometric Indices in relation to Menstrual Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Various menstrual disorders across sociodemographic and anthropometric parameters.
Characteristics
Painful menstruation
PMS
Irregular menstruation
No
Yes
value
No
Yes
value
No
Yes
value
Age
28.2 ± 7.2
29.7 ± 8.8
0.19
28.3 ± 7.5
30.3 ± 9.0
0.14
28.5 ± 7.6
29.7 ± 9.0
0.36
Marital status
Single
51 (60.7)
33 (39.3)
0.69
68 (81.0)
16 (19.0)
0.11
66 (78.6)
18 (21.4)
0.85
Married
77 (57.9)
56 (42.1)
95 (71.4)
38 (28.6)
103 (77.4)
30 (22.6)
Education level
<diploma
42 (51.2)
40 (48.8)
0.14
56 (68.3)
26 (31.7)
0.04
63 (76.8)
19 (23.2)
0.50
Diploma
43 (60.6)
28 (39.4)
52 (73.2)
19 (26.8)
53 (74.6)
18 (25.4)
>diploma
43 (67.2)
21 (32.8)
55 (85.9)
9 (14.1)
53 (82.8)
11 (17.2)
BMI(kg/m2)
Normal
80 (70.8)
33 (29.2)
0.001
96 (85.0)
17 (15.0)
<0.001
98 (86.7)
15 (13.3)
0.001
Over weight
31(49.2)
32(50.8)
46(73.0)
17(27.0)
47(74.6)
16(25.4)
Obese
17(41.5)
24(58.5)
21(51.2)
20(48.8)
24(58.5)
17(41.5)
Waist circumference (cm)
78.7 ± 13.5
85.9 ± 13.8
<0.001
79.5 ± 13.2
88.1 ± 14.5
<0.001
79.7 ± 13.5
88.3 ± 14.1
<0.001
Hip circumference (mm)
51.9 ± 8.2
55.2 ± 8.6
0.01
52.3 ± 8.3
56.0 ± 8.8
0.01
52.3 ± 8.0
56.5 ± 9.4
0.01
WHR
0.77 ± 0.09
0.80 ± 0.06
0.01
0.77 ± 0.09
0.81 ± 0.06
0.01
0.78 ± 0.09
0.81 ± 0.05
0.02
Subscapular skinfolds (mm)
22.7 ± 7.7
28.5 ± 11.9
<0.001
23.5 ± 8.4
29.9 ± 12.7
<0.001
23.8 ± 10.0
29.4 ± 8.8
0.001
Suprailiac skinfolds (mm)
26.4 ± 9.0
30.5 ± 9.3
0.001
26.5 ± 8.8
33.0 ± 9.3
<0.001
26.8 ± 8.8
32.8 ± 9.6
0.001
Triceps skinfolds (mm)
21.4 ± 6.2
24.6 ± 6.8
<0.001
21.3 ± 5.8
26.9 ± 7.2
<0.001
22.2 ± 6.8
24.6 ± 5.7
0.03
Values are reported as number (%) for descriptive and as mean ± standard deviation for quantitative variables. Chi-square test and independent t-test were applied. values marked in bold indicate numbers that are significant (). BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio.
