Epidemiology of secondary amenorrhea

From a random sample of the total female population, aged 18 to 35 years, within Uppsala County, Sweden, 41 women who had secondary amenorrhea of more than 3 months’ duration were compared to 82 age-matched nonamenorrheic control subjects with respect to background variables of etiologic interest, especially psychogenic factors and weight loss. The study was retrospective and performed by means of a postal inquiry. In the amenorrheic group, significant differences (p

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