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Table 2 Results of simple and multiple linear regression analysis using SBP and DBP as the dependent variable

From: Difference in blood pressure between early and late menopausal transition was significant in healthy Korean women

 

Univariate

Multivariate

 

Β (S.E.)

P-value

Β (S.E.)

P-value

(a) SBP

    

 Menopausal status

    

  Early menopausal transition vs. Premenopause

−0.310(0.853)

0.72

−0.320(0.832)

0.70

  Late vs. Early menopausal transition

3.443(0.969)

<0.01

2.753(0.960)

<0.01

  Postmenopause vs. Late menopausal transition

−0.819(0.824)

0.32

−1.406(0.830)

0.09

 WC

0.482(0.034)

<0.01

0.316(0.041)

<0.01

 Menopause symptoms

    

  Physical

0.070(0.241)

0.77

−0.491(0.242)

0.04

 Glucose

0.222(0.021)

<0.01

0.101(0.024)

<0.01

 HDL-cholesterol

−0.080(0.018)

<0.01

0.035(0.020)

0.09

 LDL-cholesterol

0.075(0.009)

<0.01

0.045(0.009)

<0.01

 Triglycerides

0.050(0.005)

<0.01

0.019(0.006)

<0.01

 HOMA-IR

3.385(0.285)

<0.01

1.141(0.371)

<0.01

 FreeT3

3.088(0.795)

<0.01

1.428(0.756)

0.06

(b) DBP

    

 Menopausal status

    

  Early menopausal transition vs. Premenopause

−0.669(0.654)

0.31

−0.468(0.632)

0.46

  Late vs. Early menopausal transition

2.875(0.743)

<0.01

1.746(0.727)

0.02

  Postmenopause vs. Late menopausal transition

−0.885(0.633)

0.16

−1.199(0.616)

0.06

 WC

0.259(0.027)

<0.01

0.176(0.029)

<0.01

 Menopause symptoms

    

  Vasomotor

0.565(0.160)

<0.01

0.524(0.197)

<0.01

  Psychosocial

−0.064(0.168)

0.70

−0.619(0.200)

<0.01

 Glucose

0.132(0.016)

<0.01

0.078(0.016)

<0.01

 HDL-cholesterol

−0.035(0.014)

0.01

0.043(0.015)

<0.01

 LDL-cholesterol

0.049(0.007)

<0.01

0.027(0.007)

<0.01

 Triglyceride

0.036(0.004)

<0.01

0.024(0.004)

<0.01

  1. Abbreviations: WC waist circumference; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; GGT gamma-glutamyltransferase; FreeT3 free triiodothyronine; Univariate simple linear regression for each independent variable; Multivariate multiple linear regression adjusted by menopausal status, WC, Age, vasomotor symptom, psychosocial symptom, physical symptom, sexual symptom, glucose, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, HOMA-IR, GGT, FreeT3, and uric acid with variable selection using backward elimination(significance level for stay=0.15); β non-standardized coefficients of each linear regression analysis; S.E. standard error of β