Survey study, 2017
How do lifestyles differ between women with and without PMS?
Women with PMS had worse diets, higher stress, and more secondhand smoke exposure compared to women without PMS, all statistically significant. But we cannot prove these factors cause PMS.
What they did
Surveyed 200 university students living in dorms about PMS symptoms, diet quality, perceived stress, and unhealthy behaviors including secondhand smoke exposure.
What they found
Nutrition style, perceived stress, and passive tobacco smoke exposure were all significantly different between women with and without PMS (all p=0.001). When analyzed together using logistic regression, all three factors remained significantly different (nutrition and stress p=0.001, tobacco smoke p=0.008).
What it means for you
Healthy eating, lower stress, and avoiding secondhand smoke may help prevent or reduce PMS. However, this is an observational study showing only association, not causation. It was done in one university setting and needs confirmation.
200
students studied
3
lifestyle factors identified
About the study
- Original title
- Comparison between the lifestyles of university students with and without premenstrual syndromes
- Authors
- Mohebbi M, Akbari SAA, Mahmodi Z et al.
- Journal
- Electronic physician
- Year
- 2017
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 200
- What was tested
- None; observational study
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.19082/4489
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