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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Women Health. 2015 Mar 31;55(5):525–547. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2015.1022813

Table 7.

Factors associated with the total number of cardiovascular symptoms by racial/ethnic group.

Factors Total
(N=466)
NH White
(n=138)
Hispanic
(n=102)
NH AA
(n=119)
NH Asian
(n=107)

B p B p B p B p B p
Age 0.00 0.971 −0.02 0.003 0.02 0.068 0.01 0.143 0.03 0.002
Education (no college) 0.10 0.030 0.21 0.010 −0.02 0.871 0.12 0.206 −0.04 0.751
Marital status (married) −0.01 0.844 0.12 0.171 −0.19 0.039 −0.08 0.339 0.25 0.079
Financial strain (not
high)
    Very high 0.44 <0.001 0.50 <0.001 0.02 0.889 0.27 0.042 1.03 <0.001
    Somewhat high 0.22 <0.001 0.16 0.110 0.25 0.011 0.31 0.001 0.21 0.090
Employment (yes) −0.06 0.184 0.18 0.041 −0.32 0.003 0.10 0.366 −0.25 0.024
BMI (kg/m2) 0.01 0.001 0.01 0.027 0.02 0.014 0.00 0.796 0.02 0.357
Menopause (post)
    Pre −0.28 <0.001 −0.36 <0.001 −0.23 0.054 0.01 0.961 −0.10 0.459
    Peri 0.12 0.025 0.15 0.119 −0.04 0.806 0.02 0.860 0.74 <0.001
CVD (no) −0.09 0.074 −0.04 0.679 −0.04 0.688 −0.14 0.143 −0.07 0.640
Medication (no) −0.35 <0.001 −038 <0.001 −0.65 <0.001 0.02 0.856 −0.32 0.006
Acculturation 0.01 0.177 −0.01 0.863 0.01 0.321 0.03 0.246 −0.01 0.602

Log likelihood −1538.01 −428.65 −309.12 −404.71 −322.63
LR χ2 299.23*** 121.18*** 138.93*** 27.62*** 102.49***

Notes. CVD = Cardiovascular disease, NH = Non-Hispanic, AA = African American, BMI = body mass index.