PREDICTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STATUS IN WOMEN WITH BULIMIA-NERVOSA BY PAST HIGH WEIGHT

It is not understood why disturbed menstrual function occurs in as man y as 50% of women with bulimia nervosa who are at normal weight. The a uthors measured luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol, and progesterone in 13 women with bulimia nervosa who were at normal weight and six nor mal comparison subjects. They found that the women with bulimia nervos a were likely to have abnormal 24-hour luteinizing hormone (LH) secret ion if their current weight was less than 85% of their past high weigh t.