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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2021 Jan-Feb;70(1):24–33. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000477

Table 4.

Associations between Dysmenorrhea Symptom-based Phenotypes and Demographic, Clinical, and Psycho-behavioral Variables Using Latent Class Analysis with Covariates (N=678)

“Severe Multiple Symptoms”
vs
“Mild Localized Pain”
“Severe Localized Pain”
vs
“Mild Localized Pain”
“Severe Multiple Symptoms”
vs
“Severe Localized Pain”
Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Age 0.960 (0.810, 1.137) 0.905 (0.773, 1.060) 1.060 (0.883, 1.272)
Black 2.427* (1.036 5.683) 0.641 (0.258, 1.595) 3.785** (1.495, 9.583)
Asian 0.778 (0.288 2.100) 0.444 (0.144, 1.366) 1.751 (0.492, 6.234)
Other race 1.035 (0.417 2.569) 1.240 (0.534, 2.880) 0.835 (0.320, 2.182)
Associates degree or Higher 1.130 (0.638 2.002) 1.096 (0.628, 1.915) 1.030 (0.567, 1.873)
Hispanic 1.633 (0.721 3.699) 0.551 (0.203, 1.494) 2.962 (0.910, 9.640)
Years Dysmenorrhea 1.077 (0.913 1.271) 1.130 (0.966, 1.322) 0.953 (0.794, 1.144)
Number of chronic pain conditions 1.592** (1.216 2.086) 1.438* (1.088, 1.900) 1.107 (0.912, 1.345)
Bacterial Vaginosis 0.410 (0.162 1.040) 0.624 (0.263, 1.483) 0.656 (0.274, 1.570)
Endometriosis 14.775* (1.594 136.967) 9.814 (0.972, 99.060) 1.505 (0.575, 3.941)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 0.559 (0.139 2.250) 0.516 (0.140, 1.905) 1.083 (0.254, 4.629)
Uterine fibroids 0.830 (0.218 3.166) 1.161 (0.275, 4.911) 0.715 (0.190, 2.696)
PSS Total 0.982 (0.920 1.048) 1.030 (0.968, 1.095) 0.954 (0.891, 1.022)
PROMIS Anxiety T-score 1.036 (0.980 1.095) 1.042 (0.990, 1.098) 0.994 (0.937, 1.054)
PROMIS Depression T-score 0.966 (0.927 1.008) 0.981 (0.938, 1.025) 0.985 (0.940, 1.033)
PROMIS Sleep T-score 1.061 (0.987 1.140) 1.006 (0.938, 1.080) 1.054 (0.981, 1.134)
Pain Catastrophizing total 1.062*** (1.035 1.090) 1.017 (0.992, 1.043) 1.044** (1.016, 1.073)

Note,

*

p-value < .05,

**

p-value < .01,

***

p-value < .001