Sporadic sexual behavior and menstrual cycle length in women |
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Authors: | Winnifred Berg Cutler Celso Ramon García Abba M Krieger |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA;2. Division of Human Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA;3. Department of Statistics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA |
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Abstract: | In an initial study of 248 university students prospective double-blind monitoring of sexual behavior and menses onsets showed that sporadic (less than regular weekly) sexual activity was associated with aberrant menstrual cycle lengths. This study examines the sample of sporadically active women for behavioral correlates of aberrant cycle lengths. It is shown that women reporting a high frequency of sexual activity (though in a sporadic pattern) showed a higher incidence of aberrant cycle lengths than women reporting a low frequency of sporadic coitus. Stable ongoing sexual behavior patterns appear to associate with a different endocrine background than less stable, sporadic sexual patterns. |
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