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15583372

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Menstrual cycle characteristics may have implications for women's fecundability and risk of hormonally related diseases. Certain pesticides disrupt the estrous cycle in animals. The authors investigated the cross-sectional association between pesticide use and menstrual function among 3,103 women living on farms in Iowa and North Carolina. Women were aged 21-40 years, premenopausal, not pregnant or breastfeeding, and not taking oral contraceptives. At study enrollment (1993-1997), women completed two self-administered questionnaires on pesticide use and reproductive health. Exposures of interest were lifetime use of any pesticide and hormonally active pesticides. Menstrual cycle characteristics of interest included cycle length, missed periods, and intermenstrual bleeding. The authors used generalized estimating equations to assess the association between pesticide use and menstrual cycle characteristics, controlling for age, body mass index, and current smoking status. Women who used pesticides experienced longer menstrual cycles and increased odds of missed periods (odds ratio = 1.5, 95% confidence interval: 1.2, 1.9) compared with women who never used pesticides. Women who used probable hormonally active pesticides had a 60-100% increased odds of experiencing long cycles, missed periods, and intermenstrual bleeding compared with women who had never used pesticides. Associations remained after control for occupational physical activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1194-204
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Pesticide use and menstrual cycle characteristics among premenopausal women in the Agricultural Health Study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. sherry@alumni.unc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article