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Relationship between Diet, Menstrual Pain and other Menstrual Characteristics among Spanish Students

2020; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/nu12061759

2072-6643

María Dolores Onieva‐Zafra, Elia Fernández‐Martínez, Ana Abreu‐Sánchez, María Teresa Iglesias López, Francisca María García Padilla, Miguel Pedregal González, María Laura Parra-Fernández,

Eating Disorders and Behaviors

This study sought to describe and compare adherence to the Mediterranean diet and consumption of local foods from the Huelva region among Spanish university women in relation to menstrual pain and other menstrual characteristics. This cross-sectional study included 311 health science students. The study variables were sociodemographic and gynecologic characteristics, adherence to the Mediterranean diet using the KIDMED questionnaire, alcohol consumption (SDU) and consumption of local food. A descriptive bivariate analysis and multiple binary regression were performed for menstrual pain. Up to 55.3% of participants had moderate adherence to the Mediterranean diet and only 29.6% had high adherence. Women with low adherence had longer menstrual cycles (