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Research Article

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

Table 5

Association between PMS and dietary pattern among El-Minia students ().


Dietary pattern	PMS				Total		value
	Absent ()		Present ()
		%		%		%

Sweet food
0–2/day	34	29.8	80	70.2	114	100	13.2
>3/day	16	11.5	123	88.5	139	100	0.0001*
Fast food mainly	22	14.2	133	85.8	155	100	7.8
Homemade food mainly	28	28.6	70	71.4	98	100	0.005*
Vegetables and fruits
0-1/day	33	25.2	98	74.8	131	100	5
>2/day	17	13.9	105	86.1	122	100	0.02*
Coffee
1–6/week	49	20.4	191	79.6	240	100	10.4
>7week	1	7.7	12	92.3	13	100	0.005*
Tea
1–6/week	31	21.2	115	78.8	146	100	2.7
>7/week	19	17.8	88	82.2	107	100	0.3

Statistically significant.

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