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title: Does drinking caffeine cause or worsen PMS? | Niyora
description: Heavy caffeine consumption is strongly linked to having PMS and worse symptoms, but this doesn't prove caffeine causes it.
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Survey study, 1985

# Does drinking caffeine cause or worsen PMS?

Heavy caffeine consumption is strongly linked to having PMS and worse symptoms, but this doesn't prove caffeine causes it.

 Early or limited evidence

295 college sophomores

## What they did

Researchers surveyed 295 college students about their caffeine intake and PMS symptoms using a questionnaire.

## What they found

Drinking caffeine-containing beverages was strongly related to the presence and severity of PMS, affecting most of the PMS symptoms studied.

## What it means for you

There's a strong association between caffeine and PMS, but because this was just a questionnaire study, we can't know if caffeine causes PMS, if people with PMS drink more caffeine to cope, or if both are influenced by something else. The study only looked at college students.

295

women studied

## About the study

Original title Caffeine-containing beverages and premenstrual syndrome in young women Authors Rossignol AM Journal American journal of public health Year 1985 Study design Survey study What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.11.1335](https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.11.1335)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Diet and nutrition](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diet/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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