Table 2.
Lifetime stressful life experiences by menstrual function
| All women N=446 | Amenorrhea (N=285) | Menstrual Regularity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No amenorrhea N=260 | Amenorrhea N=25 | p-value | Regular N=300 | Irregular N=146 | p-value | ||
| Social context | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Childhood | |||||||
| Ever lived in foster care | 114 (26%) | 81 (31%) | 3 (12%) | 0.06 | 77 (26%) | 37 (25%) | 0.94 |
| Adulthood | |||||||
| Had sex for drugs or money | 109 (35%) | 64 (33%) | 10 (48%) | 0.17 | 72 (34%) | 37 (37%) | 0.54 |
| Feel safe where living | 280 (63%) | 177 (68%) | 17 (68%) | 0.10 | 195 (65%) | 85 (58%) | 0.17 |
| In 3 months before incarceration lived with someone with an alcohol or drug problem | 135 (30%) | 86 (33%) | 10 (40%) | 0.49 | 84 (28%) | 51 (35%) | 0.12 |
| Lifetime | |||||||
| Parent alcohol/drug problem | 272 (61%) | 169 (65%) | 19 (76%) | 0.27 | 172 (57%) | 100 (68%) | 0.02 |
| Parent incarcerated | 170 (38%) | 11 (43%) | 14 (56%) | 0.20 | 110 (37%) | 60 (41%) | 0.37 |
| Age at first abuse | |||||||
| Never abused | 112 (25%) | 64 (25%) | 7 (28%) | 0.71 | 85 (28%) | 27 (18%) | 0.03 |
| Childhood | 263 (59%) | 163 (63%) | 14 (56%) | 164 (55%) | 99 (68%) | ||
| Adult | 71 (16%) | 33 (13%) | 4 (16%) | 51 (17%) | 20 (14%) | ||
| Type of abuse | |||||||
| Any Sexual | 230 (52%) | 131 (51%) | 14 (56%) | 0.65 | 143 (48%) | 87 (60%) | 0.04 |
| Physical only | 104 (23%) | 63 (24%) | 4 (16%) | 72 (24%) | 32 (22%) | ||
*
P-value estimated from Fisher’s exact test