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Table 3 Association between HMB and menstrual interference with daily life

From: Heavy menstrual bleeding among women aged 18–50 years living in Beijing, China: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on daily life

 

With HMB (N = 429)

Without HMB (N = 1927)

P value c

n

%

n

%

In general a

 Planning activities

86

20.1

288

15.0

0.009

 Refraining from activities

55

12.8

136

7.1

< 0.001

Specific activity b

 Sport and exercise

232

54.1

918

47.6

0.016

 Holidays

195

45.5

771

40.0

0.038

 Choosing clothes

192

44.8

699

36.3

0.001

 Doing housework

148

34.5

567

29.4

0.039

 Social activities

134

31.2

494

25.6

0.018

 Sexual activity

122

28.4

554

28.8

0.886

 Work/school performance

117

27.3

435

22.6

0.038

Absence from work/school

 Never

360

83.9

1727

89.6

0.004

 1–5 days a year

61

14.2

175

9.1

 

 6–10 days a year

6

1.4

23

1.2

 

  > 10 days a year

2

0.5

2

0.1

 
  1. HMB heavy menstrual bleeding
  2. aNumber of participants reported high interference, which was defined as answers including “every month” and “quite often” to questions about how often they planned or refrained from activities regarding the menstrual bleeding in the past 12 months
  3. bNumber of participants reported high interference, which was defined as answers including “greatly affected” and “partly affected” to questions about menstrual interference with specific activities in the past 12 months
  4. cPearson chi-square test
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