Life Style Factors Associated with Premenstrual Syndrome among El-Minia University Students, Egypt

Table 3

Relation between PMS and BMI and presence of central obesity (𝑁=253).

	PMS				Total		Fissure exact; 𝑃 value
	Absent (𝑛=50)		Present (𝑛=203)
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
BMI
Underweight	0	0	4	100	4	100	14
Normal	44	26.5	122	73.5	166	100	0.003*
Overweight	4	6.6	57	93.4	61	100
Obese	2	9.1	20	90.9	22	100
Central obesity
Absent	49	20.5	190	79.5	293	100	1.5
Present	1	7.1	13	92.9	14	100	0.2

∗Statistically significant.