Reliability of Retrospectively Assessed Categorical Menstrual Cycle Length Data

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-503

  Bachand, Annette M ^a   Cragin, Lori A ^a   Reif, John S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual Cycle; Questionnaires; Reliability (Epidemiology); Research Design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VERMONT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349104133     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Harlow S.D., and Ephross S.A. Epidemiology of menstruation and its relevance to women's health. Epidemiol Rev 17 (1995) 265-286
2. Small C.M., Manatunga A.K., Klein M., Feigelson H.S., Dominguez C.E., McChesney R., et al. Menstrual cycle characteristics: associations with fertility and spontaneous abortion. Epidemiology 17 (2006) 52-60
3. Parazzini F., La Vecchia C., Negri E., and Gentile A. Menstrual factors and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. J Clin Epidemiol 42 (1989) 443-448
4. Jensen T.K., Scheike T., Keiding N., Schaumburg I., and Grandjean P. Fecundability in relation to body mass and menstrual cycle patterns. Epidemiology 10 (1999) 422-428
5. Darrow S.L., Vena J.E., Batt R.E., Zielezny M.A., Michalek A.M., and Selman S. Menstrual cycle characteristics and the risk of endometriosis. Epidemiology 4 (1993) 135-142
6. Parazzini F., La Vecchia C., Franceschi S., Negri E., and Cecchetti G. Risk factors for endometrioid, mucinous and serous benign ovarian cysts. Int J Epidemiol 18 (1989) 108-112
7. Windham G.C., Elkin E., Fenster L., Waller K., Anderson M., Mitchell P.R., et al. Ovarian hormones in premenopausal women: variation by demographic, reproductive and menstrual cycle characteristics. Epidemiology 13 (2002) 675-684
8. Waller K., Swan S.H., Windham G.C., Fenster L., Elkin E.P., and Lasley B.L. Use of urine biomarkers to evaluate menstrual function in healthy premenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol 147 (1998) 1071-1080
9. Small C.M., Manatunga A.K., and Marcus M. Validity of self-reported menstrual cycle length. Ann Epidemiol 17 (2007) 163-170
10. Jukic A.M., Weinberg C.R., Wilcox A.J., McConnaughey D.R., Hornsby P., and Baird D.D. Accuracy of reporting of menstrual cycle length. Am J Epidemiol 167 (2008) 25-33
11. Cragin L, Kesner J, Barr D, Bachand A, Meadows J, Reif J. Menstrual cycle characteristics and reproductive patterns in women exposed to Atrazine in drinking water. 2006;17:S369.
12. Harlow S.D., Lin X., and Ho M.J. Analysis of menstrual diary data across the reproductive life span applicability of the bipartite model approach and the importance of within-woman variance. J Clin Epidemiol 53 (2000) 722-733
13. Creinin M.D., Keverline S., and Meyn L.A. How regular is regular? An analysis of menstrual cycle regularity. Contraception 70 (2004) 289-292
14. Steiner M.J., Hertz-Picciotto I., Taylor D., Schoenbach V., and Wheeless A. Retrospective vs. prospective coital frequency and menstrual cycle length in a contraceptive effectiveness trial. Ann Epidemiol 11 (2001) 428-433
15. Gold E.B., Eskenazi B., Lasley B.L., Samuels S.J., O'Neill Rasor M., Overstreet J.W., et al. Epidemiologic methods for prospective assessment of menstrual cycle and reproductive characteristics in female semiconductor workers. Am J Ind Med 28 (1995) 783-797
16. Williams N.I., Leidy H.J., Flecker K.A., Galucci A., Williams N.I., Leidy H.J., et al. Food attitudes in female athletes: association with menstrual cycle length. J Sports Sci 24 (2006) 979-986
17. Byrt T., Bishop J., and Carlin J.B. Bias, prevalence and kappa. J Clin Epidemiol 46 (1993) 423-429
18. Bean J.A., Leeper J.D., Wallace R.B., Sherman B.M., and Jagger H. Variations in the reporting of menstrual histories. Am J Epidemiol 109 (1979) 181-185