TABLE 2.

Results of Mixed Regression Analyses of Stress as a Function of Menopausal Stage (n=3,274)

	Perceived Stress		Life Events Stress
	Coefficients (SE)	95% CI	Coefficients (SE)	95% CI
Menopause stage (referent category: pre-menopause)
Early perimenopause	0.2705c (0.068)	0.137, 0.404	0.0003 (0.039)	−0.076, 0.077
Late perimenopause	0.2632b (0.125)	0.019, 0.508	−0.1485b (0.071)	−0.288, −0.009
Post-menopause	0.2010a (0.115)	−0.024, 0.426	−0.0555 (0.067)	−0.188, 0.077
Examination visit (Baseline visit is referent category)
1	−0.4779c (0.070)	−0.616, −0.340	−0.0268 (0.035)	−0.095, 0.041
3	−0.5116c (0.069)	−0.646, −0.377	−0.0257 (0.040)	−0.105, 0.053
5	−0.6462c (0.080)	−0.804, −0.488	−0.0909* (0.048)	−0.184, 0.002
Covariates
Depression	2.796c (0.070)	2.659, 2.934
Alcohol consumption	−0.0563 (0.039)	−0.134, 0.021
Social support	−0.1530c (0.009)	−0.172, −0.134	−0.0583c (0.005)	−0.069, −0.048
BMI	−0.0492b (0.005)	−0.012, −0.006	0.0234c (0.003)	0.018, 0.029
Activity level			0.0452c (0.011)	0.024, 0.067

Note: Visit 7 was not included in results because data for social support were not collected in visit 7.

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