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Background: 75% of girls experience some problem associated with menstruation the prevalence of menstruation irregularities in obese women has been reported to range between 8% and 18%. A dysmenorrheal includes 33.5%, among adolescents in India (87.7%). Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and menstrual irregularities among adolescent girls. Objectives: 1.To assess the menstrual irregularities and BMI among adolescent girls. 2. To find the relationship between menstrual irregularities and BMI among adolescent girls. 3. To find out the association between menstrual irregularities and BMI with demographic variables of adolescent girls. Methodology: 50 adolescent girls were selected from Narayana college of Nursing, Nellore by using non probability purposive sampling technique. Results:The study concluded that there was a co-relation between BMI and menstrual irregularities (0.94).

Background: To assess serum TSH and Prolactin in women with PCOS in comparison with healthy women as controls and to find correlation between TSH & Prolactin in PCOS subjects. Materials and Methods: A comparative study including 30 women diagnosed as PCOS and 30 age and BMI matched healthy women as controls was conducted. The age group for the study was 18-35 years. Fasting blood samples were drawn to measure serum thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH) and prolactin. Results: Mean TSH and prolactin were found elevated in the PCOS cases compared to controls but they were not statistically significant. No significant correlation was found between TSH and prolactin. Conclusion:We could not find any significant correlation between serum TSH and serum prolactin. Further, studies with larger number of PCOS subjects will be beneficial. However monitoring of Prolactin & TSH in PCOS should be done.

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Article Info DCP (%) 14.53 ± 0.3 14.72 ± 0.5 15.12 ± 0.3 14.8 ± 0.4 TDN(kg/day) 75.99 ±0.5 77.11 ± 0.7 77.69 ± 0.9 78.94 ±1.2 ME(M cal) 27.4 ± 0.9 27.8 ± 0.4 28.07 ± 0.8 28.5 ± 0.7 DE(M cal) 33.4 ±1.1 33.99 ±2.1 34.42 ±1.3 34.7 ± 1.5 Realimentation phase TDN(kg/day) 77.7 ± 0.6 78.47 ± 1.2 79.07 ± 0.4 80.5 ± 1.3