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Table 2 Health and behavioral characteristics of young and middle-aged Korean workers who participated in the national health screening according to premenstrual syndrome during follow-up period

From: Premenstrual syndrome incidence rate and risk factors among the working population in the Republic of Korea: a prospective cohort study

 

Total participants, n (%)

Premenstrual syndrome, n (%)

P-value

No

Yes

National health screening participants

104,574 (100.0)

97,088 (100.0)

7,486 (100.0)

 

Health status

 

Hypertension

 < 0.0001

 No

101,828 (97.4)

94,485 (97.3)

7,343 (98.1)

 

 Yes

2,746 (2.6)

2,603 (2.7)

143 (1.9)

 

Diabetes

0.0064

 No

103,615 (99.1)

96,176 (99.1)

7,439 (99.4)

 

 Yes

959 (0.9)

912 (0.9)

47 (0.6)

 

Anemia

0.0445

 No

86,150 (82.4)

80,036 (82.4)

6,114 (81.7)

 

 Yes

18,424 (17.6)

17,052 (17.6)

1,372 (18.3)

 

Body Mass Index

 < 0.0001

 Underweight (< 18.5)

14,483 (13.9)

13,166 (13.6)

1,317 (17.6)

 

 Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

77,848 (74.4)

72,328 (74.5)

5,520 (73.7)

 

 Obesity (≥ 25)

12,243 (11.7)

11,594 (11.9)

649 (8.7)

 

Health behavioral

Smoking

   

0.0094

 Never or past

100,199 (95.8)

93,057 (95.8)

7,142 (95.4)

 

 Current

4,375 (4.2)

4,031 (4.2)

344 (4.6)

 

Drinking

0.9255

 Non-severe

100,922 (96.5)

93,696 (96.5)

7,226 (96.5)

 

 Severe

3,652 (3.5)

3,392 (3.5)

260 (3.5)