Social background of premenstrual syndrome

The study involved 200 women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). It was established that women with PMS tend to have increased number of divorces (χ2=2,37, p=0,12, OR=5,44, 95% CI 0,71-41,58, p=0,10), which is especially typical for women with neuropsychic diseases (χ2=5,99, p=0,01, OR=10,79, 95 % CI 1,36-85,47, p=0,02). Such factors as higher education (χ2=8,57, p=0,003, OR=2,67, 95 % CI 1,41-5,03, p=0,002) and intellectual occupation (χ2=4,29, p=0,04, OR=2,03, 95% CI 1,08-3,80, p=0,03) can be considered as markers of increased risk of PMS, which are most typical for neuropsychic diseases. Our study did not confirm the role of smoking and living in big cities as risk factors of this neuroendocrine syndrome.