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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2015 Nov;22(11):1182–1189. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000460

Table 4. Racial/ethnic differences in the numbers andseverity scores of sleep-related symptoms in each cluster.

Clusters Symptoms Whitea Hispanicb N-H Asianc N-H Africand Total F*(p)
M±SD M±SD M±SD M±SD M±SD
Numbers of symptoms
Cluster1 Physical symptoms(0-5) 0.65±0.74 0.42±0.64 0.34±0.57 0.75±0.74 0.53±0.69 5.68(<.01) b, c<a, d
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-4) 0.43±0.50 0.37±0.48 0.30±0.46 0.36±0.48 0.36±0.48 1.18(.31)
psychological symptoms(0-15) 1.90±1.68 1.97±1.83 1.66±1.57 1.71±1.72 1.80±1.68 1.17(.32)
Total number of symptoms(0-24) 2.97±2.17 2.75±2.07 2.30±1.87 2.82±2.13 2.69±2.07 1.52(.21)
Cluster 2 Physical symptoms(0-5) 1.47±0.90 1.48±0.91 1.16±0.85 1.42±0.83 1.41±0.88 1.61(.19)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-4) 2.11±0.66 2.33±0.69 2.28±0.47 2.27±0.53 2.24±0.61 0.92(.43)
Psychological symptoms(0-15) 4.48±2.27 4.23±2.01 3.94±2.56 3.84±2.27 4.16±2.25 1.23(.30)
Total number of symptoms(0-24) 8.06±2.73 8.05±2.72 7.38±2.72 7.53±2.71 7.81±2.80 1.56(.20)
Cluster 3 Physical symptoms(0-5) 1.06±0.69 0.75±0.73 0.83±0.73 0.96±0.71 0.90±0.72 1.56(.20)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-4) 1.94±1.03 1.44±1.02 1.60±1.13 1.80±0.99 1.70±1.05 1.59(.19)
Psychological symptoms(0-15) 9.79±2.35 8.90±2.18 9.71±2.71 9.38±2.77 9.44±2.48 0.64(.59)
Total number of symptoms(0-24) 12.79±2.91 11.08±3.06 12.14±3.32 12.13±3.57 12.04±3.23 1.49(.22)
Cluster 4 Physical symptoms(0-5) 3.40±0.91 3.13±0.77 3.36±1.01 3.38±0.94 3.32±0.89 1.26(.29)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-4) 2.97±0.99 3.08±0.93 3.14±0.66 2.75±1.16 2.97±0.99 0.44(.73)
Psychological symptoms(0-15) 11.27±3.70 10.56±3.86 12.00±2.5 9.63±3.93 10.79±3.72 0.70(.55)
Total number of symptoms(0-24) 17.63±3.40 16.77±4.25 18.50±2.82 15.75±4.66 17.07±4.34 0.41(.75)
Severity scores
Cluster1 Physical symptoms(0-25) 1.83±2.38 1.05±1.71 0.86±1.60 2.19±2.39 1.47±2.12 6.44(<.01)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-20) 1.28±1.56 1.10±1.53 0.93±1.51 1.19±1.67 1.12±1.57 0.44(.73)
psychological symptoms(0-75) 5.09±5.00 5.56±5.79 4.23±4.33 4.73±5.30 4.85±5.07 1.47(.22)
Total severity scores (0-120) 8.20±6.74 7.71±6.68 6.02±5.34 8.11±6.85 7.43±6.42 1.07(.36)
Cluster 2 Physical symptoms(0-25) 5.14±3.60 4.38±3.11 3.34±2.67 4.33±2.84 4.45±3.18 1.54(.21)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-20) 7.23±2.79 7.64±3.36 6.50±1.87 7.16±2.49 7.21±2.77 0.62(.60)
psychological symptoms(0-75) 13.41±7.98 11.50±5.77 10.41±8.12 10.71±7.03 11.73±7.27 1.21(.31)
Total severity scores (0-120) 25.77±11.19 23.52±9.68 20.25±10.51 22.20±9.66 23.38±10.41 1.57(.20)
Cluster 3 Physical symptoms(0-25) 3.43±2.60 2.46±2.60 2.60±2.44 3.13±2.46 2.92±2.55 1.13(.34)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-20) 6.60±3.82 4.68±3.28 5.36±4.18 6.11±3.41 5.70±3.73 1.54(.21)
psychological symptoms(0-75) 30.14±10.63 27.71±10.31 30.31±11.86 28.22±11.88 29.08±11.06 0.46(.71)
Total severity scores (0-120) 40.17±13.20 34.85±13.39 38.26±14.51 37.47±14.80 37.70±13.93 0.38(.77)
Cluster 4 Physical symptoms(0-25) 12.15±4.19 11.49±3.43 10.86±4.50 11.31±3.81 11.66±3.93 0.23(.87)
Psychosomatic symptoms(0-20) 11.32±4.60 11.67±3.95 11.00±3.53 9.84±4.50 11.06±4.49 0.63(.60)
psychological symptoms(0-75) 40.02±17.79 38.64±18.37 39.64±13.10 33.56±17.53 38.19±17.51 0.39(.76)
Total severity scores (0-120) 63.48±23.22 61.79±21.36 61.50±17.39 54.72±21.62 60.90±21.92 0.35(.79)

Note. N-H=nonhispanic/post-hoc tests=Scheffe tests/cluster 1=low total symptom group/cluster 2=moderate physical and psychosomatic symptom group/cluster 3=moderate psychological symptom group/and cluster 4=high total symptom group.

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Adjusted F scores after controlling for multiple variables (employment, family income, maternal status, number of children, country of birth, body mass index, perceived general health, diagnosed disease, and access to health care) using ANCOVA.