Am J Psychiatry 1994; 151:136-138
Copyright © 1994 by American Psychiatric Association
Prediction of reproductive status in women with bulimia nervosa by past high weight
TE Weltzin, J Cameron, S Berga and WH Kaye
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
It is not understood why disturbed menstrual function occurs in as many as
50% of women with bulimia nervosa who are at normal weight. The authors
measured luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol, and progesterone in 13 women
with bulimia nervosa who were at normal weight and six normal comparison
subjects. They found that the women with bulimia nervosa were likely to
have abnormal 24-hour luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion if their current
weight was less than 85% of their past high weight.
