Table 5.

Final Random Effects Model for Hot Flash Severity with Age as Predictor and Significant Covariates Simultaneously Entered (N = 81; observations = 3642)

	Beta Coefficient	Standard Error/Standard Deviation	p value
Fixed effects
β1 intercept	−0.70	1.15	0.54
β2 Age (−47.6) years	0.005	0.01	0.74
β3 Menopausal Transition Stage
Early Stage	0.01	0.05	.76
Late Stage	0.36	0.07	<.001
Early PM	0.92	0.09	<.001
B4 Age onset Late Stage	0.02	0.02	0.43
B5 BMI (26)	0.006	0.007	0.36
B6 Log Cortisol (1.5)	−0.05	0.03	0.14
B7 Anxiety	0.03	0.02	0.05
Random effects
b1 Intercept σ1		0.45
b2 Age (−47.6) years σ2		0.08
bε residual σε		0.61