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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Maturitas. 2009 Jul 9;63(4):341–346. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.06.002

Table 5.

Multinomial crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the association between intensity of hot flashes (HFs) and other independent variables in three ethnic study populations of women.

Ethnic group and adjustments Intensity of HFs
 p-Value
Mildly or Drenched in sweat vs. No Sweat Mildly Sweaty vs. No Sweat Drenched in sweat vs. No Sweat
African-American vs. Caucasian 1.39 (0.50,3.86) 0.79 (0.29,2.18) 1.23 (0.40,3.74) 0.010
Crude Hispanic vs. Caucasian, crude 0.35 (0.14,0.90) 0.24 (0.09, 0.60) 0.30 (0.10,0.90)
African-American vs. Caucasian, age adjusted 1.32 (0.47,3.68) 0.77 (0.28, 2.14) 1.22 (040,3.71) 0.010
Hispanic vs. Caucasian, age adjusted 0.33 (0.13, 0.86) 0.23 (0.09,0.59) 0.30 (0.10, 0.89)
African-American vs. Caucasian, age, DM, BMI, smoking adjusteda,b 0.94 (0.32, 2.76) 0.63 (0.22,1.82) 0.70 (0.21, 2.29) 0.077
Hispanic vs. Caucasian, age, DM, BMI, smoking adjusted 0.38 (0.14,1.01) 0.23(0.09,0.61) 0.33 (0.10,1.05)
a

DM significant at 0.05 level.

b

Smoking significant at 0.05 level.