TABLE 1.
Summary of final status of participants and characteristics of menstrual calendar data by cohort
TREMIN (n = 735) |
MWMHP (n = 216) |
SMWHS (n = 279) |
SWANa (n = 2270) |
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Final status | ||||||||
FMP observed | 211 | 28.7 | 42 | 19.4 | 52 | 18.6 | 132 | 5.8 |
Hysterectomy | 68 | 9.3 | 11 | 5.1 | 9 | 3.2 | 17 | 0.8 |
Still menstruating | 0 | 0 | 53 | 24.5 | 34 | 12.2 | 953 | 42.0 |
Stopped calendar/still menstruating | 119 | 16.2 | 48 | 22.2 | 86 | 30.8 | 187 | 8.2 |
Endometrial ablation | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Began hormone therapy | 334 | 45.4 | 59 | 27.3 | 94 | 33.7 | 981 | 43.2 |
Began radiation/chemotherapy | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
No. of bleeding segments | ||||||||
Median | 145 | 36 | 69 | 35 | ||||
Maximum | 321 | 107 | 190 | 91 | ||||
Intermittent missing | ||||||||
Proportion with any missing data | 301 | 41.0 | 90 | 41.7 | 141 | 50.5 | 1159 | 51.1 |
Median number of gaps | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Analysis to date of the SWAN calendar is based on the first 6 yr of menstrual calendar data.