Research Article
Association of Anthropometric Indices with Menstrual Abnormality among Nursing Students of Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Menstrual characteristics of study participants.
| Menstrual characteristics of the participants | Frequency | Proportion (%) |
| Length of the menstrual cycle | <21 days (polymenorrhea) | 38 | 15.83 | 21–35 days (normal) | 146 | 60.83 | >35 days (oligomenorrhea) | 56 | 23.34 |
| Duration of the menstrual period | <3 days | 65 | 27.08 | 3–7 days | 126 | 52.50 | >7 days | 49 | 20.42 |
| Periodic menstrual blood loss1 | Mild (<15 pads) | 59 | 24.58 | Moderate (15–20 pads) | 156 | 65.00 | Heavy (>20 pads) | 25 | 10.42 |
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1Moderate category of periodic menstrual blood loss was taken as normal and the rest were categorized as abnormal.
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