Table 4.

Odds Ratios for Low Level of Pain on SF-36 Pain Index Over 3 Years by Baseline Physical Activity Total Score in SWAN Subjects in Adjusted Models

	Model 1a OR (95% CI)	Model 2b OR (95% CI)	Model 3c OR (95% CI)
Physical activity at baseline	1.20 (1.14–1.27)	1.20 (1.13–1.26)	1.10 (1.04–1.17)
Age at baseline	0.96 (0.94–0.98)	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.98 (0.95–1.01)
Black		0.93 (0.78–1.14)	1.04 (0.85–1.27)
Chinese		1.53 (1.05–2.22)	1.03 (0.71–1.51)
Hispanic		0.64 (0.39–1.03)	0.68 (0.41–1.14)
Japanese		1.02 (0.70–1.48)	0.79 (0.55–1.14)
Caucasian		referent	referent
Less than high school diploma		0.55 (0.39–0.79)	0.69 (0.48–0.98)
High school diploma		0.86 (0.68–1.09)	1.09 (0.86–1.39)
Some college		0.70 (0.58–0.85)	0.82 (0.67–1.00)
College diploma		0.88 (0.71–1.10)	0.92 (0.73–1.16)
Post college education		referent	referent
Undetermined menopausal status		0.64 (0.51–0.82)	0.71 (0.55–0.92)
Postmenopausal		0.78 (0.59–1.05)	0.95 (0.69–1.29)
Late perimenopausal		0.79 (0.62–1.03)	0.96 (0.72–1.27)
Early perimenopausal		0.82 (0.69–0.98)	0.92 (0.77–1.11)
Premenopausal		referent	referent
Body mass index			0.97 (0.96–0.98)
CES-D scale			0.42 (0.36–0.49)
Smoking			0.75 (0.62–0.91)
2 or more chronic health conditionsd			0.36 (0.29–0.44)
1 chronic health condition			0.58 (0.49–0.68)
No chronic health conditions			referent

Abbreviation: CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression.

^aAge/site adjusted.

^bModel 1 + ethnicity, education level, self-reported menstrual status.

^cModel 2 + CES-D, body mass index, smoking, chronic health conditions.

^dChronic health conditions includes answering affirmatively to questions about ever having diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarct, osteoarthritis, cancer, and osteoporosis.