Table 2.

Frequency Distributions for Hot Flash Severity by Age Categories, Menopausal Transition Stage & Years Before & After FMP

	Mean (SD)	N (observations)
Age Category
35-<40	0.06 (0.30)	399
40-<45	0.17 (0.50)	1775
45-<50	0.29 (0.63)	2562
50-<55	0.72 (1.00)	1590
55-<60	1.08 (1.03)	552
≥ 60	1.00 (0.96)	16
MT stages
Late Reproductive	0.15 (0.46)	2661
Early	0.26 (0.59)	2022
Late	0.63 (0.99)	1009
PM (1-2 years)	1.16 (1.06)	583
PM (3-5 years)	0.96 (1.00)	619
FMP intervals
−5	0.22 (0.52)	323
−4	0.25 (0.58)	361
−3	0.27 (0.66)	342
−2	0.41 (0.81)	318
−1	0.69 (1.06)	318
+1	1.17 (1.07)	326
+2	1.16 (1.04)	257
+3	1.00 (1.00)	215
+4	1.04 (1.03)	187
+5	0.84 (0.91)	164