title: Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample.
abstract: We explored associations between lifetime eating disorder (ED) diagnoses and behaviors and menstrual dysfunction using logistic regression models. Body mass index (BMI) fully explained differences in the odds of secondary amenorrhea (SA) across diagnoses. Women with dieting behaviors had borderline significantly higher odds of SA than those without after accounting for BMI. We suggest the presence of a strong association between BMI and SA and that dieting might represent a risk factor for SA regardless of BMI and ED diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Unit, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH, London, UK. m.martini@ucl.ac.uk.|Psychiatric Unit, United Hospitals of Ancona and Academic Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, via Conca 71, Ancona, Italy. m.martini@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Maria Giulia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Solmi
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karwautz
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Bellvitge-IDIBELL and CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Aranda
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Research Unit, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Unit, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH, London, UK.|Dept. of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Micali
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009839:Oligomenorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Amenorrhea; Body mass index; Dieting; Eating disorders; Menstrual dysfunctions