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

¹Moderate category of periodic menstrual blood loss was taken as normal and the rest were categorized as abnormal.