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      Prevalence of menstrual pain in relation to the reproductive life history of women from the Mayan rural community.

      Annals of Human Biology
      Body Mass Index, Adult, Dysmenorrhea, epidemiology, etiology, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Maternal Age, Mexico, Middle Aged, Parity, Prevalence, Rural Health

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          The prevalence of menstrual pain in Western societies is relatively high and has been shown to be related to many factors (e.g. age, menarche age, parity, menstrual cycle regularity, cigarette smoking, dietary habits). However, less data are available for traditional societies, within which there are, presumably, not as many potentially disturbing factors that could influence menstrual symptoms as in Western societies. The study seeks to determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhoea, and the factors related to menstrual pains in women with natural fertility (i.e. without hormonal forms of contraception). 177 non-smoking women between 18 and 45 years of age living in one Mayan village (Yaxcaba, Yucatan, Mexico) were the subjects of this study. The method of logistic regression was used with the dichotomous dependent variable being the presence or absence of menstrual pain together with such independent variables as age, age at menarche, number of pregnancies, age when giving birth to the first child, the weight at interview and BMI. The general prevalence of the menstrual pains was 28%. There was only one variable influencing dysmenorrhoea, namely the age at which women give birth to their first children. Those mothers who gave birth to their first child at an earlier age (at mean age of 19.4 vs 21.1 years) had a lower prevalence of dysmenorrhoea. In the studied traditional society the main factor related to menstrual pain was the age at which woman first gave birth. It is hypothesized that an earlier start to reproductive life in some way decreases the sensitivity of the uterus to prostaglandins.

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          14742161
          10.1080/03014460310001602072

          Chemistry
          Body Mass Index,Adult,Dysmenorrhea,epidemiology,etiology,Female,Humans,Logistic Models,Maternal Age,Mexico,Middle Aged,Parity,Prevalence,Rural Health

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