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Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2022 Oct 16;30(1):18–27. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002082

Table 4.

Associations between palpitation trajectory group and measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease (n=1,559)

CCA IMT (mm) baPWV (m/s) Plaque Index

Age-adjusted
ß (SE)
Fully-adjusted
ß (SE)
Age-adjusted
ß (SE)
Fully-adjusted
ß (SE)
Age-adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Fully-adjusted
OR (95% CI)

Total Sample (n=1559)

 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate 0.012 (0.007) 0.001 (0.008) 23.7 (13.2) 18.1 (13.4) 0.87 (0.70 - 1.08) 0.84 (0.63 - 1.12)
 High 0.029 (0.009)** 0.012 (0.01) 48.6 (17.5)** −5.1 (17.3) 0.90 (0.68 - 1.19) 1.11 (0.77 - 1.60)

Non-Hispanic White (n=787)

 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate 0.009 (0.009) 0.009 (0.01) 7.6 (16.9) 15.4 (17.7) 0.81 (0.60 - 1.11) 0.87 (0.58 - 1.32)
 High 0.026 (0.012)* 0.019 (0.015) 21.1 (24.8) −5.6 (25.1) 0.81 (0.53 - 1.25) 1.14 (0.63 - 2.06)

Non-Hispanic Black (n=482)

 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate 0.017 (0.014) 0.007 (0.017) 19.8 (23.9) 19.9 (25.1) 0.81 (0.54 - 1.21) 0.67 (0.41 - 1.12)
 High 0.030 (0.016) 0.017 (0.02) 44.6 (28.3)* 11.0 (30.0) 0.84 (0.53 - 1.35) 1.15 (0.61 - 2.19)

Hispanic/Latina (n=95)

 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate −0.010 (0.026) −0.045 (0.03) 17.0 (35.2) 22.4 (60.3) 0.94 (0.34 - 2.58) 1.00 (0.21 - 4.91)
 High −0.001 (0.035) 0.002 (0.041) 0.5 (49.1) −35.6 (81.7) 1.29 (0.32 - 5.13) 1.57 (0.21 - 11.94)

Chinese (n=195)

 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Moderate 0.009 (0.019) −0.029 (0.025) −0.9 (15.1) −12.4 (42.9) 0.90 (0.49 - 1.67) 1.91 (0.72 - 5.04)
 High −0.009 (0.023) −0.031 (0.025) −3.7 (22.6) −47.8 (51.6) 1.00 (0.47 - 2.13) 1.21 (0.49 - 3.00)

Sample is 1,559 unless otherwise indicated. Fully-adjusted = age, site, race/ethnicity (in the total sample), education, financial strain, smoking status, alcohol use, sleep, BMI, systolic blood pressure, and glucose at Visit 12/13.

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01.

ß, beta. baPWV, brachial-a pulse wave velocity. CCA IMT, common carotid intima media thickness. CI, confidence interval. SE, standard error.