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Table 2 Intima media thickness (mm) and reproductive parameters in 800 postmenopausal women from the KORA F4 study

From: Reproductive factors, intima media thickness and carotid plaques in a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the population-based KORA F4 study

	Age-adjusted			Multivariable-adjusted
	Mean	95% CI	p-value	Mean	95% CI	p-value
Menarche			0.701			0.873
<12 years	0.906	0.879-0.933		0.902	0.875-0.929
12-15 years	0.895	0.886-0.903		0.894	0.886-0.903
>15 years	0.892	0.872-0.914		0.896	0.875-0.917
Parity			0.114			0.407
0	0.876	0.854-0.898		0.883	0.860-0.905
1-2	0.895	0.884-0.906		0.895	0.884-0.906
>2	0.902	0.890-0.914		0.900	0.888-0.912
Age at menopause ¹			0.766			0.590
≥ 50 years	0.903	0.890-0.915		0.904	0.891-0.916
< 50 years	0.900	0.887-0.913		0.899	0.886-0.912
Time since menopause ¹			0.136			0.079
> 15 years	0.891	0.875-0.907		0.889	0.873-0.905
≤ 15 years	0.911	0.895-0.928		0.913	0.897-0.929
Duration of fertility ¹			0.645			0.683
> 35.0	0.903	0.891-0.913		0.903	0.891-0.915
≤ 35.0	0.899	0.886-0.909		0.899	0.886-0.912
Current use of HRT			0.817			0.711
Yes	0.893	0.873-0.913		0.899	0.879-0.919
No	0.896	0.887-0.904		0.895	0.887-0.903
Ever use of HRT			0.033			0.075
Yes	0.888	0.878-0.898		0.890	0.880-0.900
No	0.905	0.893-0.917		0.902	0.891-0.914
Ever use of OC			0.767			0.394
Yes	0.896	0.886-0.906		0.898	0.888-0.908
No	0.894	0.880-0.907		0.891	0.878-0.904
Hysterectomy			0.370			0.277
Yes	0.890	0.877-0.903		0.888	0.875-0.901
No	0.898	0.888-0.907		0.899	0.890-0.908
Bilateral oophorectomy			0.775			0.614
Yes	0.891	0.862-0.920		0.888	0.859-0.917
No	0.896	0.888-0.903		0.896	0.888-0.904
Hot flashes			0.684			0.452
Yes	0.893	0.881-0.905		0.892	0.880-0.904
No	0.897	0.886-0.907		0.898	0.888-0.908
Depressive mood			0.753			0.989
Yes	0.897	0.884-0.909		0.895	0.883-0.906
No	0.894	0.885-0.904		0.895	0.886-0.905

Abbreviations: HRT: Hormone replacement therapy, OC: oral contraceptives.
Generalized linear models.
Estimated means of IMT are presented.
Multivariable-adjusted: Age, BMI, education, family status, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, total cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting blood glucose.
¹n = 602, due to missing values of age at menopause.

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