Survey study, 1985
Does drinking caffeine cause or worsen PMS?
Heavy caffeine consumption is strongly linked to having PMS and worse symptoms, but this doesn't prove caffeine causes it.
What they did
Researchers surveyed 295 college students about their caffeine intake and PMS symptoms using a questionnaire.
What they found
Drinking caffeine-containing beverages was strongly related to the presence and severity of PMS, affecting most of the PMS symptoms studied.
What it means for you
There's a strong association between caffeine and PMS, but because this was just a questionnaire study, we can't know if caffeine causes PMS, if people with PMS drink more caffeine to cope, or if both are influenced by something else. The study only looked at college students.
295
women studied
About the study
- Original title
- Caffeine-containing beverages and premenstrual syndrome in young women
- Authors
- Rossignol AM
- Journal
- American journal of public health
- Year
- 1985
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.11.1335
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