Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis to identify predictive factors for common vasomotor symptoms identified.
| Independent variables | Sweating* |
Hot flushes* |
Sleep disturbance* |
Tiredness* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
| Age (year) | 0.95 (0.91–0.99) | 0.01 | 0.96 (0.92–1.0) | 0.03 | 1.06 (0.99–1.13) | 0.09 | 1.02 (0.96–1.08) | 0.56 |
| Height (m) | 1.11 (0.91–1.35) | 0.30 | 1.08 (0.9–1.31) | 0.4 | 1.04 (0.82–1.32) | 0.75 | 1.33 (0.93–1.88) | 0.11 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.91 (0.75–1.11) | 0.36 | 0.93 (0.77–1.12) | 0.45 | 1.01 (0.81–1.26) | 0.91 | 0.79 (0.56–1.11) | 0.17 |
| Hormones treatment (LHRH vs. others) | 0.89 (0.48–1.66) | 0.71 | 0.91 (0.48–1.7) | 0.76 | 0.54 (0.2–1.42) | 0.21 | 1.55 (0.53–4.56) | 0.42 |
| BMI | 1.37 (0.77–2.45) | 0.29 | 1.29 (0.73–2.27) | 0.37 | 1.03 (0.53--2.01) | 0.94 | 2.15 (0.76–6.10) | 0.15 |
| Treatment time (<6 m vs. >6 m) | 0.9 (0.48–1.69) | 0.74 | 0.85 (0.45–1.61) | 0.62 | 0.82 (0.29–2.32) | 0.71 | 0.86 (0.31–2.43) | 0.78 |
| Ethnic (Afrocarribean vs. Caucasian) | 2.03 (1.0–4.1) | 0.05 | 1.77 (0.88–3.58) | 0.11 | 1.41 (0.46–4.31) | 0.55 | 0.71 (0.24–2.13) | 0.55 |
| Ethnic (Asian vs. Caucasian) | 0.80 (0.29–2.23) | 0.67 | 0.65 (0.23–1.87) | 0.43 | 0.79 (0.14–4.54) | 0.80 | 0.73 (0.13–4.10) | 0.73 |
| DM (Yes/No) | 0.67 (0.31–1.43) | 0.30 | 0.70 (0.33–1.51) | 0.37 | 0.85 (0.28–2.61) | 0.78 | 0.92 (0.27–3.18) | 0.90 |
| IHD (Yes/No) | 0.57 (0.28–1.19) | 0.13 | 0.40 (0.18–0.85) | 0.02 | 1.19 (0.41–3.45) | 0.75 | 0.63 (0.20–2.03) | 0.44 |
| BP (Yes/No) | 1.00 (0.53–1.89) | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.54–1.96) | 0.92 | 2.83 (0.92–8.71) | 0.07 | 0.97 (0.35–2.70) | 0.95 |
*
The dependent variables are grouped as absent/slight vs. moderate/severe. OR – Odds ratio, CI – confidence interval.