. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 28.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2009 Jan–Feb;21(1):127–129. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20834

TABLE 1.

The confounder-adjusted associations between overall physical activity and the hot flash outcomes

	Any hot flashes	Moderate/severe hot flashes	Daily hot flashes	Hot flashes >1 year
Variable	OR (95% CI)^a	OR (95% CI)^a	OR (95% CI)^a	OR (95% CI)^a
Overall physical activity
Inactive	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Light	1.40 (0.68, 2.89)	2.16 (0.87, 5.37)	1.82 (0.48, 6.90)	1.48 (0.65, 3.38)
Moderate	1.86 (0.88, 3.97)	2.88 (1.12, 7.40)	1.92 (0.48, 7.63)	2.24 (0.95, 5.29)
Heavy	1.67 (0.43, 6.53)	4.16 (0.96, 18.08)	3.88 (0.55, 27.31)	2.13 (0.47, 9.58)
P-for-trend	**	0.02	0.3	**
Participant age (years)	1.17 (1.08, 1.25)	1.14 (1.06, 1.24)	1.33 (1.19, 1.59)	1.15 (1.06, 1.24)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	1.05 (1.02, 1.08)	1.05 (1.02, 1.08)	1.02 (0.98, 1.06)	1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.