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title: Do women with PMS have different heart rate and blood pressure responses?
description: Yes. During the week before the period, women with PMS showed a clear increase in heart rate and blood pressure responses compared to women without PMS.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/assessment-of-cardiovascular-sympathetic-function-tests-in-premenstrual-syndrome-2021/
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Survey study, 2021

# Do women with PMS have different heart rate and blood pressure responses?

Yes. During the week before the period, women with PMS showed a clear increase in heart rate and blood pressure responses compared to women without PMS.

 Early or limited evidence

Women with PMS and age-matched women without PMS (sample size not reported)

## What they did

Researchers compared women with PMS to women without PMS who were the same age. They used a questionnaire to assess physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, then tested how their heart rate and blood pressure responded to stress using a handgrip test and a test for orthostatic hypotension.

## What they found

During the follicular phase (first half of cycle), women with PMS had slightly higher heart rate and blood pressure responses, but this was not a clear difference. During the luteal phase (second half of cycle, before the period), women with PMS showed a clear increase in heart rate and blood pressure responses compared to women without PMS.

## What it means for you

Women with PMS appear to have stronger physical stress responses during the second half of their cycle. This could explain why PMS symptoms feel worse before the period. A major limitation is that the study did not report how many women were studied, making it difficult to know how reliable these findings are.

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phases of menstrual cycle studied

luteal phase

showed clear increase in heart rate and blood pressure

## About the study

Original title Assessment of cardiovascular sympathetic function tests in premenstrual syndrome patients visiting tertiary care hospital: A case–control study Authors Megha Kulshreshtha, Naveen Gaur, Varuna Gupta et al. Journal Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Year 2021 Study design Survey study Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i12.39593](https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i12.39593)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Stress](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-stress/)

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