Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N=21)
| Age, years (M, SD) | 51.9 (3.9) |
| Race/ethnicity (n, %) | |
| Caucasian | 13 (61.9) |
| African American | 8 (38.1) |
| Menopausal status (n, %) | |
| Perimenopausal | 4 (19.1) |
| Postmenopausal | 17 (81.0) |
| Time since last menstrual period (M, SD), years‡ | 4.3 (3.4) |
| BMI (M, SD) | 27.2 (5.8) |
| Education (n, %) | |
| High school or less, vocational | 11 (52) |
| Some college or higher | 9 (48) |
| SBP, mmHg (M, SD) | 124.5 (13.7) |
| DBP, mmHg (M, SD) | 78.9 (11.1) |
| IPAQ Physical Activity Score, MET-min/wk (Median, IQR)† | 2628 (3481) |
| State anxiety (M, SD) | 34.7 (10.9) |
| Self-reported hot flashes, 24 hours (M, SD) | 7.4 (4.5) |
| Physiologically-detected hot flashes, 24 hours (M, SD) | 11.7 (7.2) |
†
Natural log transformed for analysis
‡
Ranged from 0.4–16.0 years