Table 3.

Prevalence and Severity of Symptoms at Baseline and 1-year Follow-Up by Race and Hysterectomy Status

	African American women				White women
	Hysterectomy (n=197)		No hysterectomy (n=199)		Hysterectomy (n=185)		No hysterectomy (n=249)
Subscale and symptomsa	%	Severityb	%	Severityb	%	Severityb	%	Severityb
Baseline
Somatic
Hot flushes, sweating	51.8	1.8	38.2	1.7	46.5	1.7	33.3	1.6
Heart discomfort	23.9	1.5	24.1	1.3	22.2	1.3	23.3	1.3
Sleeping problems	51.3	2.0	43.2	1.9	57.6	2.0	51.4	1.8
Muscle and joint problems	39.1	2.0	36.7	1.8	31.9	2.0	32.9	1.7
Psychologic
Depressive mood	36.6	1.7	43.2	1.7	46.0	1.7	48.6	1.7
Irritability	60.9	1.9	58.8	1.7	61.1	1.9	66.3	1.7
Anxiety	33.5	1.8	31.7	1.8	42.7	1.6	41.0	1.6
Physical and mental exhaustion	46.2	2.0	48.2	1.7	56.8	1.9	41.4	1.7
Urogenital
Sexual problems	31.5	2.3	25.4	2.0	27.7	2.5	16.9	2.0
Bladder problems	38.1	2.2	20.6	1.9	44.0	2.0	15.7	1.7
Dryness of the vagina	15.2	2.2	14.6	1.7	14.8	2.1	17.7	1.3
One-year follow-up
Somatic
Hot flushes, sweating	39.1	2.0	37.7	1.6	40.1	1.9	33.1	1.6
Heart discomfort	16.7	1.5	19.6	1.4	17.8	1.4	23.0	1.3
Sleeping problems	47.7	2.0	44.2	1.9	49.7	2.0	49.4	1.9
Muscle and joint problems	32.7	2.0	30.0	2.0	28.1	2.0	34.1	1.8
Psychologic
Depressive mood	31.0	1.5	33.7	1.8	36.4	1.7	38.6	1.8
Irritability	38.6	1.6	50.3	1.8	48.9	1.7	59.4	1.8
Anxiety	22.3	1.7	31.7	1.8	33.2	1.7	35.7	1.8
Physical and mental exhaustion	35.5	1.9	46.7	1.8	48.4	1.8	40.6	1.8
Urogenital
Sexual problems	16.2	2.2	14.6	2.2	17.8	2.0	17.3	2.0
Bladder problems	20.3	1.8	15.1	1.6	30.8	1.9	19.3	1.5
Dryness of the vagina	16.2	2.1	9.1	1.4	15.7	1.5	12.9	1.4

^aHigher scores indicate more severe symptoms.

^bMean severity score among those reporting the symptom.