Table 8.
Coefficients (vector loadings) of the first and second canonical variate equations for Kupperman’s Menopausal Index as calculated for the Admission point and after one, two, three and four months of Maca-GO treatment sequences applied intermittently with Placebo using the data from the previous part (1) and the present part of the study (Total n=146 women)
| Symptom (Kupperman’s Index) | Coefficients (vector loadings) of 1st canonical variate equations |
Coefficients (vector loadings) of 2nd canonical variate equations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 0A | Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 0A | Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | |
| Hot flushes | 0.040 | -0.001 | -1.101 | 0.728 | -2.561 | 1.016 | 1.035 | -0.297 | -1.448 | 0.114 |
| Excessive sweating | 0.359 | -0.303 | -0.055 | 0.531 | 0.227 | -0.318 | -0.549 | 0.202 | 0.193 | 0.137 |
| Interrupted sleep pattern | 0.353 | -0.253 | -0.658 | 0.033 | -0.341 | 0.438 | 0.443 | 0.049 | 0.254 | 1.131 |
| Nervousness | 0.614 | -0.834 | -0.432 | 0.198 | -0.271 | -0.377 | -0.050 | 0.181 | 0.309 | -0.174 |
| Depression | -0.419 | -0.066 | -0.114 | 0.104 | -0.169 | 0.388 | 0.467 | 0.679 | -0.161 | 0.350 |
| Losing body balance | -0.332 | 0.056 | 0.505 | 0.562 | -0.187 | -0.534 | -0.847 | -0.348 | 0.362 | 0.229 |
| General weakness | 0.945 | -0.536 | 0.025 | 0.518 | 0.423 | -0.168 | 0.414 | 0.578 | 0.728 | -0.848 |
| Joint pain | 0.147 | -0.453 | -0.072 | 0.315 | 0.234 | -0.098 | -0.651 | 0.564 | 0.107 | 1.729 |
| Headaches | -0.240 | 0.089 | 0.282 | -0.457 | -0.420 | -0.016 | -0.331 | 0.066 | -0.267 | -0.115 |
| Heart palpitations | -0.153 | 0.088 | -0.033 | -0.370 | 1.117 | -0.306 | -0.502 | 0.016 | 0.633 | -0.120 |
| Parestesy/Numbness | -0.003 | 0.115 | -0.038 | -0.540 | -0.165 | -0.418 | -0.013 | 0.181 | -0.905 | -0.339 |