Menstruation during and after caloric restriction: The 1944–1945 Dutch famine Sjoerd G. Elias, Ph.D., Paulus A.H. van Noord, Ph.D., Petra H.M. Peeters, Ph.D., Isolde den Tonkelaar, Ph.D., Rudolf Kaaks, Ph.D., Diederick E. Grobbee, Ph.D. Fertility and Sterility Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 1101-1107 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.043 Copyright © 2007 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Risk of establishing regular menses over 2 years after menarche according to tertiles of age at menarche and famine score. Bars are ORs with 95% CIs, adjusted for age during the famine, age at menarche, and socioeconomic status. ORs for severely exposed women compared with the unexposed according to age at menarche: 2.30 (10–12 years); 1.41 (13–14 years); 1.20 (15–18 years). Test for interaction between severe famine exposure and age at menarche: P=.044. Elias. Menses and famine exposure. Fertil Steril 2007. Fertility and Sterility 2007 88, 1101-1107DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.043) Copyright © 2007 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions