title: [Risk analysis of menstrual disorders in young women from urban population].
abstract: In the sample of 734 women, randomly chosen from the Warsaw population, we collected interviews dealing with menstrual cycle abnormalities. The frequency of amenorrhoea in this sample was 0.3% and that of oligomenorrhoea was 6.7%. Dysmenorrhoea (more or less pronounced) was apparent in 56.3% of women, and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) was claimed by 40.5% women. For the assessment of the potential risk factors causing the menstrual cycle abnormalities we used an univariate and multivariate unconditional logistic analysis. The highest values of the oligo/amenorrhoea relative risk (RR = 5.6) were found in the youngest (< or = 16.4 y) group and among women using oral contraceptives. Dysmenorrhoea was more frequent among women who had no children (RR = 1.7) and RR for PMS was higher in women, who were previously pregnant (RR = 1.5) and in women who used oral contraceptives.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Biologii Katedry Biologii i Medycyny Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego w Warszawie.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skierska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leszczyńska-Bystrzanowska
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gajewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D009839:Oligomenorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population