Scientific article
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Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample

Published inArchives of Women's Mental Health, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 553-557
Publication date2016
Abstract

We explored associations between lifetime eating disorder (ED) diagnoses and behaviors and menstrual dysfunction using logistic regression models. Body mass index (BMI) fully explained differences in the odds of secondary amenorrhea (SA) across diagnoses. Women with dieting behaviors had borderline significantly higher odds of SA than those without after accounting for BMI. We suggest the presence of a strong association between BMI and SA and that dieting might represent a risk factor for SA regardless of BMI and ED diagnosis.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amenorrhea/epidemiology
  • Body Mass Index
  • Europe/epidemiology
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
  • Female
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Menstruation Disturbances/epidemiology/psychology
  • Oligomenorrhea/epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Young Adult
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
MARTINI, Maria Giulia et al. Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample. In: Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 2016, vol. 19, n° 3, p. 553–557. doi: 10.1007/s00737-015-0576-2
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