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Posttraumatic stress disorder and development of premenstrual syndrome in a longitudinal cohort of women

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We examined the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (+PTSD) symptoms and incident premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in a longitudinal study with 14 years follow-up of 2924 women aged 27–44. Compared to women with no trauma exposure, women with trauma/PTSD were at significantly increased risk of PMS (p-trend < .001): 1) trauma/no PTSD odds ratio (OR) = 1.31 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05–1.63], 2) 1–3 PTSD symptoms OR = 1.71 [95% CI = 1.33–2.20], 3) 4–5 PTSD symptoms OR = 2.90 [95% CI = 2.07–4.05], and 4) 6–7 PTSD symptoms OR = 3.42 [95% CI = 2.18–5.36].

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Drs. Koenen and Roberts are supported by NIH grant R01MH10126. NIH grant UM1CA176726 supported for NHS II cohort infrastructure. Dr. Jung is supported by the Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship. This study was supported by a faculty research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine (6-2018-0096).

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea

    Sun Jae Jung

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Sun Jae Jung, JoAnn E. Manson, Susan E. Hankinson & Karestan C. Koenen

  3. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Andrea L. Roberts

  4. Center on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Patricia Chocano-Bedoya

  5. Department of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Patricia Chocano-Bedoya

  6. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    Brian W. Whitcomb & Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson

  7. Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Stacey A. Missmer

  8. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    JoAnn E. Manson & Susan E. Hankinson

  9. Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    JoAnn E. Manson & Susan E. Hankinson

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Dr. Jung had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Study design and concept: Jung, Chocano, Koenen.

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Drafting of the manuscript: Jung.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Jung, Roberts, Whitcomb, Missmer, Manson, Hankinson, Bertone-Johenson, Koenen.

Statistical analysis: Jung, Roberts.

Obtained funding: Koenen.

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Study supervision: Koenen.

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Jung, S.J., Roberts, A.L., Chocano-Bedoya, P. et al. Posttraumatic stress disorder and development of premenstrual syndrome in a longitudinal cohort of women. Arch Womens Ment Health 22, 535–539 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-018-0916-0

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