Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort
We report menstrual and mid-cycle patterns of self-reported “fluid retention” in 765 menstrual cycles in 62 healthy women. Self-reported “fluid retention,” commonly described as bloating, is one element of the clinical assessment and diagnosis of premenstrual symptoms. These daily diary data were co...
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| description | We report menstrual and mid-cycle patterns of self-reported “fluid retention” in 765 menstrual cycles in 62 healthy women. Self-reported “fluid retention,” commonly described as bloating, is one element of the clinical assessment and diagnosis of premenstrual symptoms. These daily diary data were collected as part of an observational prospective one-year study of bone changes in healthy women of differing exercise characteristics. Ovulation was documented by quantitative basal temperature analysis, and serum estradiol and progesterone levels were available from initial and final cycles. Fluid retention scores (on a 0–4 scale) peaked on the first day of menstrual flow (mean ± SE : 0.9±0.1), were lowest during the mid-follicular period, and gradually increased from 0.22±0.05 to 0.50±0.09 over the 11 days surrounding ovulation. Mid-cycle, but not premenstrual, fluid scores tended to be lower in anovulatory cycles (ANOVA P=0.065), and scores were higher around menstruation than at midcycle (P<0.0001). Neither estradiol nor progesterone levels were significantly associated with fluid retention scores. The peak day of average fluid retention was the first day of flow. There were no significant differences in women's self-perceived fluid retention between ovulatory and anovulatory cycles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-afb31d85a03946f7b63380b828941c842025-02-03T01:31:02ZengWileyObstetrics and Gynecology International1687-95891687-95972011-01-01201110.1155/2011/138451138451Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation CohortColin P. White0Christine L. Hitchcock1Yvette M. Vigna2Jerilynn C. Prior3McMaster University Medical Centre, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, CanadaCentre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 2775 Laurel Street, 4th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, CanadaCentre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 2775 Laurel Street, 4th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, CanadaCentre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 2775 Laurel Street, 4th Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, CanadaWe report menstrual and mid-cycle patterns of self-reported “fluid retention” in 765 menstrual cycles in 62 healthy women. Self-reported “fluid retention,” commonly described as bloating, is one element of the clinical assessment and diagnosis of premenstrual symptoms. These daily diary data were collected as part of an observational prospective one-year study of bone changes in healthy women of differing exercise characteristics. Ovulation was documented by quantitative basal temperature analysis, and serum estradiol and progesterone levels were available from initial and final cycles. Fluid retention scores (on a 0–4 scale) peaked on the first day of menstrual flow (mean ± SE : 0.9±0.1), were lowest during the mid-follicular period, and gradually increased from 0.22±0.05 to 0.50±0.09 over the 11 days surrounding ovulation. Mid-cycle, but not premenstrual, fluid scores tended to be lower in anovulatory cycles (ANOVA P=0.065), and scores were higher around menstruation than at midcycle (P<0.0001). Neither estradiol nor progesterone levels were significantly associated with fluid retention scores. The peak day of average fluid retention was the first day of flow. There were no significant differences in women's self-perceived fluid retention between ovulatory and anovulatory cycles.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/138451 |
| spellingShingle | Colin P. White Christine L. Hitchcock Yvette M. Vigna Jerilynn C. Prior Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort Obstetrics and Gynecology International |
| title | Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort |
| title_full | Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort |
| title_fullStr | Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort |
| title_short | Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort |
| title_sort | fluid retention over the menstrual cycle 1 year data from the prospective ovulation cohort |
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