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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 May 20;36(5):480–487. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.11.013

Table 5.

Relation of the FSI Average and Composite Cutoff Score of 3 to Demographic Characteristics. Number of participants (%).

FSI average FSI composite
< 3 ≥ 3 P < 3 ≥ 3 P
Age in years (mean ± SD) 56.5 ± 9.6 56.2 ± 9.2 .82 57.1 ± 9.6 55.3 ± 9.0 .13
Race/ethnicity
   White   7 (2.6)   6 (2.3) .71   6 (2.3)  7 (2.6) .30
   Non-white 149 (56.2) 103 (38.9) 153 (57.7) 99 (37.4)
Marital status
   Married 110 (41.5) 74 (27.9) .65 112 (42.3) 72 (27.2) .66
   Not married  46 (17.4) 35 (13.2)  47 (17.7) 34 (12.8)
Education
   College degree 78 (29.4) 48 (18.1) .34 81 (30.6) 45 (17.0) .18
   Less than college degree 78 (29.4) 61 (23.0) 78 (29.4) 61 (23.0)
Household income
   < $40,000 per year  40 (15.1) 32 (12.1) .50  42 (15.9) 30 (11.3) .74
   ≥ $40,000 per year 116 (43.8) 77 (29.1) 117 (44.2) 76 (28.7)
Menopausal status
   Pre-menopausal  43 (17.1) 27 (10.8) .62  43 (17.1) 27 (10.8) .80
   Peri- or post-menopausal 105 (41.8) 76 (30.3) 108 (43.0) 73 (29.1)
Body mass index (mean ± SD) 27.7 ± 5.9 27.6 ± 8.0 .92 27.5 ± 6.3 28.0 ± 7.6 .60