TABLE 3a.

Results of Mixed Regression Analyses of the Interaction between Perceived Stress and Menopausal Stage on Fibrinogen (n=3,249)

	Model A		Model B		Model C
	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI
Perceived stress	0.0005 (0.001)	−0.001, 0.002	0.0004 (0.001)	−0.002, 0.003	−0.0006 (0.001)	−0.003, 0.002
Menopause stage (referent category: pre-menopause)
Early perimenopause	0.0172c (0.006)	0.007, 0.027	0.0195 (0.013)	−0.006, 0.045	0.0202 (0.013)	−0.006, 0.047
Late perimenopause	0.0483c (0.009)	0.031, 0.066	0.0174 (0.021)	−0.024, 0.059	0.0147 (0.023)	−0.031, 0.060
Post-menopause	0.0447c (0.008)	0.028, 0.061	0.0459c (0.017)	0.012, 0.080	0.0348a (0.020)	−0.005, 0.074
Interaction terms for stress + menopausal status
Early peri * stress			−0.0003 (0.001)	−0.003, 0.003	−0.0073 (0.002)	−0.004, 0.002
Late peri * stress			0.0040 (0.002)	−0.001, 0.009	0.0043 (0.003)	−0.001, 0.010
Post-menopause * stress			−0.0001 (0.002)	−0.004, 0.004	−0.0006 (0.002)	−0.004, 0.005
Examination visit (Baseline visit is referent category)
1	−0.0419c (0.005)	−0.048, −0.028	−0.0423c (0.005)	−0.052, −0.033	−0.0456c (0.005)	−0.056, −0.036
3	−0.0517c (0.005)	−0.057, −0.035	−0.0519c (0.005)	−0.062, −0.042	−0.0569c (0.005)	−0.067, −0.047
5	−0.0737c (0.006)	−0.078, −0.052	−0.0740c (0.006)	−0.085, −0.062	−0.0798c (0.006)	−0.092, −0.068
7	−0.0891c (0.008)	−0.093, −0.060	−0.0892c (0.008)	−0.105, −0.074
Covariates
Depression					0.0071 (0.006)	0.007, 0.006
Alcohol consumption					−0.0190c (0.003)	−0.025, −0.013
Social support					−0.0019b (0.001)	−0.003, −0.000
BMI					0.0111c (0.000)	0.010, 0.012

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

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