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title: How common are PMS and severe PMS in Chinese women, and what are the typical symptoms?
description: In Chinese women, PMS affects 21.1% and severe PMS affects 2.1%. The most common symptoms are irritability, breast tenderness, depression, abdominal bloating,
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/prevalence-of-premenstrual-syndrome-and-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-in-a-2012/
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Survey study, 2012

# How common are PMS and severe PMS in Chinese women, and what are the typical symptoms?

In Chinese women, PMS affects 21.1% and severe PMS affects 2.1%. The most common symptoms are irritability, breast tenderness, depression, abdominal bloating, and angry outbursts.

 Moderate study design

Chinese women aged 18-45 in a population-based sample

## What they did

Cross-sectional study of Chinese women aged 18-45. They were screened for PMS and severe PMS using standard criteria. Those who met criteria completed daily symptom logs for 2 months.

## What they found

21.1% of women had PMS and 2.1% had severe PMS. The most common symptoms were irritability (91.21%), breast tenderness (77.62%), depression (68.31%), abdominal bloating (63.70%), and angry outbursts (59.62%).

## What it means for you

In Chinese women, physical symptoms like breast tenderness and bloating are very common. The study shows that women in different countries may experience PMS differently. Results are specific to China.

21.1%

Women with PMS

2.1%

Women with severe PMS

91.21%

Irritability (most common symptom)

## About the study

Original title Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder in a population-based sample in China Authors Qiao M, Zhang H, Liu H et al. Journal European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology Year 2012 Study design Survey study What was tested None - observational survey Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.01.017](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.01.017)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Irritability and anger](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-irritability-anger/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)

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