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title: Do women with atopic dermatitis have more premenstrual syndrome than women without it?
description: Yes. Women with atopic dermatitis were 13.26 times more likely to have moderate or severe PMS compared to women without atopic dermatitis. This is a strong as
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-relationship-between-atopic-dermatitis-and-premenstrual-syndrome-in-women-2018/
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Case-control study, 2018

# Do women with atopic dermatitis have more premenstrual syndrome than women without it?

Yes. Women with atopic dermatitis were 13.26 times more likely to have moderate or severe PMS compared to women without atopic dermatitis. This is a strong association.

 Moderate study design

82 women aged 15-49 in Iran, some with atopic dermatitis from a skin clinic and some healthy controls

## What they did

Case-control study of 82 women aged 15-49. The study compared women with atopic dermatitis to a control group of healthy women. Both groups completed questionnaires about premenstrual symptoms.

## What they found

Women with atopic dermatitis had 13.26 times higher odds of having moderate or severe PMS (confidence interval 3.31-53.07) after adjusting for age, occupation and marital status.

## What it means for you

There is a strong link between having a skin condition like atopic dermatitis and experiencing moderate to severe PMS symptoms. The study was done in one hospital in Iran with a relatively small sample, so results may not apply to all women.

82

women studied

13.26

times higher odds of moderate/severe PMS with atopic dermatitis

3.31-53.07

confidence interval

## About the study

Original title The relationship between atopic dermatitis and premenstrual syndrome in women referred to the skin clinic of hamadan Authors سیده زهرا معصومی, فریده کاظمی, محمدرضا سبحان et al. Year 2018 Study design Case-control study Participants 82 What was tested None; observational comparison Read the paper [doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.jbums.20.5.54](https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.jbums.20.5.54)

## Topics

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