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Table 4.

Menopause Rating Scale Scores, Total and Individual Domains, by Race and Hysterectomy Status

	African American women		White women
	Hysterectomy Mean (SD)	No hysterectomy Mean (SD)	Hysterectomy Mean (SD)	No hysterectomy Mean (SD)
Baseline
Total	8.3 (7.1)^*	6.7 (6.2)^*	8.4 (6.1)^*	6.4 (5.3)^*
Somatic	3.1 (2.8)^*	2.5 (2.5)^*	2.8 (2.4)^*	2.3 (2.3)^*
Psychologic	3.3 (3.4)	3.1 (3.2)	3.7 (3.2)	3.3 (3.1)
Urogenital	1.9 (2.4)^*	1.1 (1.7)^*	1.9 (2.3)^*	0.8 (1.4)^*
One-year follow-up
Total	5.8 (5.6)	5.9 (6.2)	6.6 (5.5)	6.3 (5.8)
Somatic	2.6 (2.7)	2.3 (2.7)	2.6 (2.5)	2.4 (2.4)
Psychologic	2.2 (2.8)^,^*	2.9 (3.3)^*	2.9 (3.0)^**	3.1 (3.2)
Urogenital	1.2 (1.8)^*	0.7 (1.4)^*	1.2 (1.6)^*	0.8 (1.4)^*
Change—Baseline to 1-year follow-up^a
Total	−2.46 (5.8)^*	−0.77 (4.8)^*	−1.78 (5.2)^*	−0.15 (4.3)^*
Somatic	−0.49 (2.7)	−0.11 (2.3)	−0.29 (2.5)	0.06 (2.0)
Psychologic	−1.15 (3.1)^,^*	−0.22 (2.9)^*	−0.80 (2.7)^**	−0.20 (2.6)
Urogenital	−0.82 (2.1)	−0.44 (1.6)	−0.66 (2.2)	−0.00 (1.6)

Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms.

^{^*}

Difference between women with and without hysterectomy within races significant at p<0.05.

^{^**}

Difference between African Americans and whites significant at p<0.05

^{^a}

p values for the differences between baseline and 1-year follow-up adjusted for baseline values.