TABLE 3b.

Results of Mixed Regression Analyses of the Interaction between Life Events Stress and Menopausal Stage on Fibrinogen (n=3,266)

	Model A		Model B		Model C
	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI	Coefficient (SE)	95% CI
Life events stress	0.0029b (0.001)	0.000, 0.005	0.0050b (0.002)	0.001, 0.009	0.0036 (0.002)	−0.001, 0.008
Menopause stage (referent category: pre-menopause)
Early perimenopause	0.0174c (0.005)	0.008, 0.027	0.0211c (0.006)	0.010, 0.032	0.0170c (0.006)	0.006, 0.028
Late perimenopause	0.0469c (0.008)	0.030, 0.064	0.0477c (0.010)	0.029, 0.066	0.0486c (0.010)	0.029, 0.068
Post-menopause	0.0441c (0.008)	0.028, 0.060	0.0468c (0.009)	0.029, 0.064	0.0400c (0.010)	0.021, 0.058
Interaction terms for stress + menopausal status
Early peri * stress			−0.0034 (0.003)	−0.008, 0.002	−0.0037 (0.003)	−0.009, 0.001
Late peri * stress			−0.0003 (0.005)	−0.010, 0.009	−0.0027 (0.005)	−0.013, 0.008
Post-menopause * stress			−0.0024 (0.003)	−0.009, 0.004	−0.0016 (0.004)	−0.009, 0.006
Examination visit (Baseline visit is referent category)
1	−0.0403c (0.004)	−0.048, −0.032	−0.0404c (0.004)	−0.048, −0.032	−0.0409c (0.004)	−0.049, −0.033
3	−0.0513c (0.005)	−0.061, −0.042	−0.0514c (0.005)	−0.061, −0.042	0.0554c (0.005)	−0.065, −0.046
5	−0.0736c (0.006)	−0.085, −0.062	−0.0738c (0.006)	−0.085, −0.063	−0.0800c (0.006)	−0.091, −0.068
7	−0.0881c (0.008)	−0.103, −0.073	−0.0884c (0.008)	−0.103, −0.073
Covariates
Social support					−0.0022c (0.001)	−0.004, −0.001
BMI					0.0111c (0.000)	0.010, 0.012
Activity level					−0.0019 (0.001)	−0.005, 0.001

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

^a p<0.10

^bp<0.05

^cp<0.01