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A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF INCREASED BMI IN WOMEN WITH DISTURBED MENSTRUAL CYCLE

Dr Samia Ijaz, Dr Sehrish Musaddiq, Dr Aqsa Iqbal

Objective: We conducted this study to define the occurrence of increased BMI in women with disturbed menstrual cycle. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: This study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Services Hospital Lahore from May, 2019 to November, 2019 for the duration of 06 months. Methodology: A total number of 100 cases were selected for this study. In this study the cases of fertile age group i.e. more than 12 years of age having any menstrual disturbance present for at least last 3 menstrual cycle were selected. The cases with bleeding disorder, hormonal issues and those with uterine anomalies were excluded. The BMI was calculated and the BMI ≥25kg/m2 was labelled as raised. Results: There were total 100 cases in this study with mean age of 20.21±4.57 years. The mean duration of abnormality in menstruation was 7.21±2.34 months. There were 64 (64%) of cases that were taking treatment for this. Raised BMI was seen in 32 (32%) of the cases. Raised BMI was significantly higher in number in cases that had age of menarche later than 14 years of age where it was seen in 16 (47.06%) cases with p= 0.01. It was also significantly high in cases that had history of prior treatment where it affected 23 (40.35%) cases with p value of 0.03. Conclusion: Raised BMI is common in females with menstrual irregularities and it is significantly high in cases that had age of menarche more than 14 years and are also took some treatment for it. Keywords: BMI, menstrual cycle, menarche.