Estrogen and progesterone in plasma in relation to premenstrual tension

Carstensen H; Bäckström T

doi:10.1016/0022-4731(74)90139-3

Menstrual Cycle Premenstrual Disorders

Estrogen and progesterone in plasma in relation to premenstrual tension

Carstensen H, Bäckström T

Published May 1974 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, 5(3), 257-260

DOI 10.1016/0022-4731(74)90139-3 PMID 4859320

Abstract

Plasma concentration of estrogen and progesterone were measured during the last 6 days of the menstrual cycle in women with premenstrual tension, and compared with a group of healthy women. Those women with anxiety as the main symptom (PMT-a) had significantly higher estrogen levels on days 5-2 before the onset of menstruation. On days 6-4 they had lower levels of progesterone. Estrogen-progesterone ratios were significantly higher on days 6-3 before menstruation. The PMT-a group also showed increases in body wt. during the last days of the menstrual cycle.

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Menstrual Cycle › Premenstrual Disorders › Cyclical Symptom Patterns · Reproductive Endocrinology › Ovarian Hormones › Estrogen · Diagnostics › Hormone Testing › Serum Panels

Torbjörn Bäckström

T Bäckström

PMID 4859320 4859320 DOI 10.1016/0022-4731(74)90139-3 10.1016/0022-4731(74)90139-3 Carstensen et al. 1974, Carstensen 1974

Keywords

Analysis of Variance, Anxiety/blood/etiology, Body Weight, Estrogens/blood, Female, Humans, Menstruation, Premenstrual Syndrome/blood/complications, Progesterone/blood, Time Factors, Estrogens, Progesterone

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