Host Factors That Influence the Duration of Menstrual Bleeding
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Epidemiology
- Vol. 5 (3) , 352-355
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001648-199405000-00017
Abstract
We assessed the association between weight, exercise, and stress and the duration of menstrual bleeding in a 1-year prospective menstrual diary study of 166 college first-year women, age 17-19 years. Low weight-for-height increased expected bleed duration by 0.39 day. Dieting to lose weight reduced bleed length by 0.43 day. Women who did no moderate or hard exercise bled about a quarter of a day longer than women at the median level of physical activity.Keywords
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