Study, 2023

Does the hormone LH affect whether young women get PMS?

Young women with PMS had different LH hormone levels compared to those without PMS, showing a link between this hormone and PMS. LH levels also differed between mild and severe PMS.

Early or limited evidence 50 young women at a boarding school in Indonesia (25 with PMS, 25 without).

What they did

Researchers studied 50 young women at a boarding school in Indonesia. 25 had PMS and 25 did not. They measured the level of the hormone LH in each woman's blood.

What they found

Young women without PMS had an average LH level of 7.36. Young women with PMS had an average LH level of 7.35. The study found a clear difference in LH levels when comparing three groups: those with no PMS, mild PMS, and severe PMS.

What it means for you

This suggests the hormone LH is linked to whether a woman gets PMS and how severe it is. The main limits are that this was a small study of only 50 women at one boarding school in one country, so findings may not apply to other groups.

young women studied

7.36

average LH level without PMS

7.35

average LH level with PMS

About the study

Original title: Effect of LH Hormone on Premenstrual Syndrome in Female Adolescents at Darul Arqam Islamic Boarding School Makassar
Authors: Ruqaiyah Ruqaiyah, Ayatullah Harun, Hadriani Irwan et al.
Journal: Jurnal Aisyah Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan
Year: 2023
Study design: Study
Participants: 50
Open access: Yes
Read the paper: doi.org/10.30604/jika.v8i2.2022

Original abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of LH on premenstrual syndrome in young women at Darul Arqam Makassar. The research method used was the t-test to see the effect of LH concentrations on young women who experienced and did not experience premenstrual syndrome. The population of this study were all young women at the Darul Arqam Makassar Islamic Boarding School. The sample used was 50 young women consisting of 25 young women with PMS and 25 young women who were not. The results showed that there was an influence of the LH hormone with the average value of respondents whose average LH value was 7.36, which was higher than that of PMS, which was 7.35. After the data is processed with the t-test obtained p= 0.000 less than 0.05. This means that there is a significant effect of LH hormone concentration between no PMS, mild PMS, and severe PMS. The conclusion is that there is a significant effect of the concentration of the hormone LH f2a among young women who do not have PMS and PMS and between young women who experience mild PMS and severe PMS at Darul Arqam Islamic Boarding School Makassar.

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