Table 1.

Demographic variables and physical characteristics of the PMDD patients and the control subjects

	PMDD patients (n = 30)	Control subjects (n = 55)	p value
Age	33.2 ± 8.9	26.2 ± 4.5	0.001
Height	168 ± 13	168 ± 6	ns
Weight	64.0 ± 13.4	61.6 ± 10.3	ns
Caucasian origin	28 (93.3%)	55 (100.0%)	ns
College/university education	20 (66.7%)	37 (67.3%)	ns
Married/cohabiting	16 (53.3%)	18 (32.7%)	0.05
Parous subjects	14 (46.7%)	5 (9.1%)	0.001
Smokers	1 (3.3%)	1 (1.8%)	ns