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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2015 Oct;22(10):1035–1044. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000451

Table 2.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of uterus-intact OS women with early menopause (<40 yrs), with or without prior or current HT use

Early
menopause,
no HT
(n=524)
Early
menopause,
HT
(n=2,017)
p-
value

Age group at screening, years 0.01
  50 – 59 124 (24%) 528 (26%)
  60 – 69 224 (43%) 953 (47%)
  70 – 79+ 176 (34%) 536 (27%)
  Mean (SD) (min, max) 65.4 (7.5) (50 – 79) 64.4 (7.3) (50 – 79)
Time since menopause, years 0.84
  10 – 19 62 (12%) 245 (12%)
  > 19 462 (88%) 1772 (88%)
Ethnicity <.01
  White (not of Hispanic origin) 346 (66%) 1636 (81%)
  Black/African-American 131 (25%) 211 (10%)
  Hispanic/Latino 31 (6%) 87 (4%)
  American Indian/Alaskan Native 2 (<1%) 15 (1%)
  Asian/Pacific Islander 6 (1%) 40 (2%)
  Other 8 (2%) 20 (1%)
  Missing 0 (<1%) 8 (<1%)
Body Mass Index (BMI), kg/m2 <.01
  <25 158 (30%) 742 (37%)
  25 – <30 166 (32%) 704 (35%)
  ≥ 30 196 (37%) 549 (27%)
  Missing 4 (1%) 22 (1%)
  Mean (SD) (min, max) 28.9 (6.5) (17.1 – 58.3) 27.6 (5.6) (15.3 – 65.5)
Physical Activity (METS/week) <.01
  0 – 3 196 (37%) 574 (28%)
  >3 to <11.75 156 (30%) 630 (31%)
  ≥ 11.75 171 (33%) 789 (39%)
  Missing 1 (<1%) 24 (1%)
# of falls in the previous 12 months 0.46
  0 356 (68%) 1314 (65%)
  1 101 (19%) 380 (19%)
  2 40 (8%) 171 (8%)
  ≥ 3 24 (5%) 124 (6%)
  Missing 3 (1%) 28 (1%)
Smoking status 0.03
  Never 245 (47%) 984 (49%)
  Past 215 (41%) 863 (43%)
  Current 55 (10%) 142 (7%)
  Missing 9 (2%) 28 (1%)
ETOH use <.01
  None 105 (20%) 248 (12%)
  Past use 132 (25%) 458 (23%)
  <1 drink/month 68 (13%) 240 (12%)
  <1 drink/week 77 (15%) 418 (21%)
  1 to <7 drinks/week 91 (17%) 419 (21%)
  ≥7 drinks/week 50 (10%) 216 (11%)
  Missing 1 (<1%) 18 (1%)
Diabetes ever at screening <.01
  No 457 (87%) 1870 (93%)
  Yes 67 (13%) 142 (7%)
  Missing 0 (<1%) 5 (<1%)
Currently have diabetes at screening <.01
  No 465 (89%) 1900 (94%)
  Yes 58 (11%) 109 (5%)
  Missing 1 (<1%) 8 (<1%)
Glucocorticosteroid taken orally and daily at screening 0.63
  No 516 (98%) 1980 (98%)
  Yes 8 (2%) 37 (2%)
Bisphosphonate use at screening 0.69
  No 508 (97%) 1962 (97%)
  Yes 16 (3%) 55 (3%)
Vitamin D intake (mean IU/day) <.01
  < 200 262 (50%) 717 (36%)
  200 – <400 86 (16%) 324 (16%)
  400 – <600 113 (22%) 527 (26%)
  ≥ 600 63 (12%) 449 (22%)
Calcium intake (mean mg/day) <.01
  <800 272 (52%) 696 (35%)
  800 – <1200 109 (21%) 464 (23%)
  ≥1200 143 (27%) 857 (42%)