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AMENORRHOEA IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Author(s) -
STEAD R. J.,
HODSON M. E.,
BATTEN J. C.,
ADAMS J.,
JACOBS H. S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb00776.x
Subject(s) - cystic fibrosis , amenorrhea , medicine , body mass index , menstruation , endocrinology , pregnancy , anthropometry , menstrual cycle , gynecology , hormone , biology , genetics
SUMMARY Menstrual history in relation to nutritional status and lung function was assessed in 45 adolescent and adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Twenty patients had regular menstrual cycles (of whom six had been pregnant), 12 had primary or secondary amenorrhoea, 11 had irregular cycles and two were pre‐menarcheal. Patients with regular menstruation had a significantly higher body mass index and percentage body fat (estimated from skinfold thickness measurements) than those with amenorrhoea ( P