. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2009 Jul–Aug;16(4):639–643. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31819c11e4

TABLE 2.

Cardiovascular risk factors associated with hot flushes at baseline

Risk factor	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^a
Age (per 5-y increase)	0.80 (0.70-0.92)
Nonwhite race	2.04 (1.51-2.76)
Less than high school education	1.50 (1.16-1.95)
Years since last menses (per 5-y increase)	0.79 (0.70-0.89)
Diastolic blood pressure (per 5-mm Hg increase)	1.12 (1.05-1.18)
Body mass index >27 kg/m²	1.35 (1.07-1.70)
Poor/fair self-reported health	1.47 (1.15-1.89)
Prior estrogen therapy use	2.14 (1.68-2.74)
Prior myocardial infarction	1.26 (1.01, 1.57)

Odds ratio (OR) and CIs estimates were obtained through backward elimination logistic regression and are adjusted for all variables included in the table.