Surveying on menstruation status of reproductive age women of Han nationality in Liaoning province in 2008

To investigate the menstruation status of reproductive age women of Han Nationality in Liaoning province. From Apr. 2008 to Dec. 2008, 1611 women at age of 19-45 years from Shenyang, Yingkou, Benxi, Zhangwu were enrolled in this study according to epidemiologic cluster sampling method. The study was...

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Published inChung-hua fu chʿan kʿo tsa chih Vol. 45; no. 2; p. 114
Main Authors Wang, Xiu-xia, Wang, Zeng-jie, Fang, Yuan-yuan, Ye, Ying-xin, Zhao, Dong-ni, Zhou, Min, Zhang, Shu-lan
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.02.2010
Subjects
Adult
Age Factors
China - epidemiology
Dysmenorrhea - epidemiology
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Menarche - physiology
Menstrual Cycle
Menstruation Disturbances - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Rural Population
Sampling Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
Young Adult
China
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Summary:To investigate the menstruation status of reproductive age women of Han Nationality in Liaoning province. From Apr. 2008 to Dec. 2008, 1611 women at age of 19-45 years from Shenyang, Yingkou, Benxi, Zhangwu were enrolled in this study according to epidemiologic cluster sampling method. The study was performed by questionnaire consisting of age of menarche, regularity of menstruation, menstrual cycle and dysmenorrhea, et al. In the survey of 1611 women, the average menarche age is 14.4 years old, there were significant difference on menarche between (14.2 +/- 1.5) years in women from city and (14.6 +/- 1.5) years in women from country (t = 6.58, P < 0.01). The linear regression statistic method was used to analyze the relationship between age and menarche age, the linear regression equation was gotten as Y = 0.074X + 11.855, which means 1 year increase was associated with decrease by 0.074 years in menarche age approximately. About 86.34% (1391/1611) of women have normal and regular menstrual cycle at range of
ISSN:0529-567X