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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Apr 2;2(7):581–592. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70180-3

Figure 3. The proportion of body fat is an important determinant of menstrual function.

Figure 3

A. Percent body fat in girls with anorexia nervosa (AN) who did or did not resume menses: Girls with AN who recovered menstrual function over a year of follow-up had greater percent body fat at the end of the follow-up period than those who did not. All girls with body fat greater than 24% resumed menses, whereas none of those with body fat less than 18% had menstrual recovery. From Misra et al. Pediatr Res 59: 598–603; 2006. Copyright © by International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc., 2006.

B. Percent body fat in low weight adult women who were amenorrheic (mean BMI 16.8±0.2 kg/m2) vs. those who were eumenorrheic (mean BMI 17.1±0.2 kg/m2). Despite similarly low BMI status, eumenorrheic women had greater percent body fat than amenorrheic women. Adapted from Miller et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89: 4434–38; 2004. Copyright © by The Endocrine Society 2004.