Table 2.

Association Between Change in Body Fat and Any Reported Hot Flashes, Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, United States, 2002–2006^a

	Adjusted for Age and Site			Covariate Adjusted
	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P Value	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P Value
Change in body fat
Gain	1.21	1.01, 1.45	0.03	1.23	1.02, 1.48	0.03
Lose	1.10	0.92, 1.31	0.29	1.07	0.89, 1.29	0.45
Stableb	Referent			Referent
Age, years	1.00	0.97, 1.04	0.79	0.96	0.92, 0.99	0.02
Race/ethnicity
African American				1.71	1.35, 2.17	<0.0001
Chinese				0.66	0.44, 0.98	0.04
Japanese				0.84	0.56, 1.27	0.41
Caucasian				Referent
Menopausal stage
Premenopausal				0.26	0.13, 0.52	0.0001
Early perimenopausal				0.50	0.40, 0.62	<0.0001
Late perimenopausal				1.12	0.91, 1.38	0.30
Postmenopausal				Referent
Indeterminate				0.21	0.03, 1.43	0.11
Anxious symptoms				1.16	1.11, 1.20	<0.0001
Smoking
Current				1.00	0.77, 1.31	0.99
Past/never				Referent
Parity (any children)				1.02	0.80, 1.29	0.90
Education
Less than college				1.36	1.13, 1.64	0.001
College or greater				Referent

^aAll models were adjusted for site in addition to the covariates listed.

^bWithin ±1% change.