Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample

Maria Giulia Martini; Francesca Solmi; Isabel Krug; Andreas Karwautz; Gudrun Wagner; Fernando Fernandez-Aranda; Janet Treasure; Nadia Micali

doi:10.1007/s00737-015-0576-2

Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample

Maria Giulia Martini^*, Francesca Solmi, Isabel Krug, Andreas Karwautz, Gudrun Wagner, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda, Janet Treasure, Nadia Micali

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Abstract

We explored associations between lifetime eating disorder (ED) diagnoses and behaviors and menstrual dysfunction using logistic regression models. Body mass index (BMI) fully explained differences in the odds of secondary amenorrhea (SA) across diagnoses. Women with dieting behaviors had borderline significantly higher odds of SA than those without after accounting for BMI. We suggest the presence of a strong association between BMI and SA and that dieting might represent a risk factor for SA regardless of BMI and ED diagnosis.

Original language	English
Journal	Archives of Women's Mental Health
Volume	19
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	553-557
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1434-1816
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-015-0576-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amenorrhea
Body mass index
Dieting
Eating disorders
Menstrual dysfunctions

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