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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4706</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.122442</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>&#13;
	Menstrual Irregularities in Adolescent Girls and Correlation with the Extent of Exposure to Plastics: A Case-Control Study&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yadav</surname><given-names>Suman</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ahamad</surname><given-names>Irsad</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhatia</surname><given-names>Smita</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Devi</surname><given-names>M. Gouri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Singh</surname><given-names>Rita</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>14</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>229</fpage><lpage>235</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>&#13;
	Introduction: Menstrual irregularities in adolescent girls are rapidly increasing worldwide. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as plastics including Bisphenol A (BPA), Phthalates and Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are potential environmental toxins contributing to hormonal imbalance and irregular menstrual cycles. Aim/Objectives: We examined the association between plastic usage and menstrual cycle characteristics among Adolescent girls aged 15–19 years who were participating in a questionnaire-based cohort study under the program on reproductive health awareness in adolescent girls. Materials and Methods: A case-control study of 360 girls was conducted in 2016 and 2019 in a school in Rajasthan, India. We used self-reported information through a questionnaire to assess the association of irregular menstrual cycles (≤25 days and ≥35 days) with extent of plastic usage categorized here as medium and high. Results: The study cohort had a high prevalence of irregular menstrual cycles (40.8%). Heavy plastic exposures increased the chances of getting irregular periods significantly. Girls with irregular menstrual cycles had more prevalence of hair fall, acne, acanthosis nigricans, and abnormal hair growth/hirsutism. Girls with family history of diabetes and CVD were more susceptible to develop irregular menstrual after heavy usage of plastics. Both medium and high exposures to plastics were associated with abnormal hair growth/hirsutism (p </p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Plastics</kwd><kwd> BPA</kwd><kwd> Phthalates</kwd><kwd> PVC</kwd><kwd> Irregular</kwd><kwd> Menstrual cycle</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
