Table 2.

Random Effects Models for Perceived Stress (β₁) with Age as Predictor (β₂) and with Individual Covariates (β₃)

	Mean Values (p values)			Standard Deviations			Number
Predictor	β 1 *	β 2 *	β 3 *	σ 1 **	σ 2 **	σ ε **	Women	Observations
MT-stage	2.25 (<.0001)	0.002 (0.57)		0.33	0.02	0.42	418	1814
Early			−0.05 (0.17)
Late			−0.008 (0.85)
Early PM			−0.11 (0.06)
Hot flash severity	2.22 (<0.0001)	−0.006 (0.16)	−0.001 (0.93)	0.32	0.03.	0.40	202	1276
Estrone glucuronide (log10)	2.23 (<0.0001)	−0.04 (0.61)	.03 (0.62)	0.31	0.04	0.38	132	566
FSH (log10)	2.23 (<0.0001)	<0.005 (0.48)	0.05 (0.25)	0.31	0.04	0.38	132	566
HRT Use	2.21 (0.00)	−0.003 (0.24)	0.006 (0.88)	0.35	0.02	0.42	447	2130
Physical Appraisal	2.71 (<0.0001)	−0.005 (0.05)	−0.08 (<0.0001)	0.31	0.02	0.41	418	1744
Perceived health	2.74 (<0.0001)	−0.004 (0.28)	−0.07 (<0.0001)	0.29	0.03	0.39	210	1355
Depressed mood	1.96 (<0.0001)	0.0006 (0.83)	0.02 (<0.0001)	0.28	0.02	0.40	418	1808
Social support	2.51 (<0.0001)	−0.008 (0.12)	−0.13 (0.0005)	0.31	0.03	0.39	171	926
Role burden	2.78 (<0.0001)	−0.002 (0.42)	−0.19 (<0.0001)	0.32	0.02	0.41	418	1736
Income adequacy	2.53 (<0.0001)	−0.001 (0.69)	−0.10 (<0.0001)	0.32	0.02	0.42	416	1631
Live Birth	2.18 (<0.0001)	−0.002 (.50)	0.04 (0.37)	0.33	0.02	0.42	418	1814
Employment	2.10 (<0.0001)	0.0004 (0.90)	0.14 (0.0001)	0.33	0.02	0.43	418	1814
History of sexual abuse	2.16 (<0.0001)	<−0.0001 (0.98)	0.11 (0.03)	0.32	0.02	0.42	238	1630

^*β₁, β₂, β₃ are the fixed effects (group averages) for the intercept, slope and covariate.

^**σ₁, σ₂, σ_ε are the random effects (variability) for the intercept, slope and residual error.