Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
04/24/2002
By Anne MacLennan
Obesity of the upper body is linked with menstrual disorders, say Japanese researchers.
Eight-three obese women, average age early 30s, participated in this investigation of the relative contribution of upper and lower body obesity to obesity-related menstrual disorders. All had a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25kg/m². Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were excluded.
Tsutomu Douchi and colleagues from the Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima classified the women into two groups according to their menstrual status.
One group of 39 women had menstrual disorders; the other group of 44 women had regular menstruation and served as controls.
The researchers recorded the women's age, age at menarche, height, weight, and BMI. Measurements were taken of trunk fat mass, leg fat mass, the ratio of trunk to leg fat mass amount (trunk-leg fat ratio), body fat mass and the percentage of body fat using whole-body scanning with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
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