BMC Women's Health

Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis of the association between overweight and obesity and menopausal symptoms

From: Obesity associates with vasomotor symptoms in postmenopause but with physical symptoms in perimenopause: a cross-sectional study

Domain	Perimenopause					Postmenopause
	Normal (n = 293)	Overweight (n = 127)		Obesity (n = 113)		Normal (n = 184)	Overweight (n = 94)		Obesity (n = 118)
	Normal (n = 293)	β(S.E.)	p-value	β(S.E.)	p-value	Normal (n = 184)	β(S.E.)	p-value	β(S.E.)	p-value
Total symptoms
Crude	ref.	−0.08 (0.14)	0.551	0.22 (0.15)	0.141	ref.	−0.02 (0.19)	0.934	0.22 (0.18)	0.216
Adjusted^a	ref.	−0.09 (0.14)	0.543	0.21 (0.15)	0.152	ref.	0.06 (0.19)	0.751	0.26 (0.18)	0.148
Vasomotor
Crude	ref.	−0.16 (0.17)	0.351	0.29 (0.18)	0.099	ref.	−0.05 (0.24)	0.824	0.63 (0.22)	0.005
Adjusted^a	ref.	−0.19 (0.17)	0.253	0.23 (0.18)	0.196	ref.	0.01 (0.25)	0.958	0.68 (0.23)	0.003
Psychosocial
Crude	ref.	−0.05 (0.16)	0.780	0.06 (0.17)	0.747	ref.	−0.01 (0.21)	0.964	0.18 (0.20)	0.369
Adjusted^a	ref.	−0.06 (0.17)	0.731	0.05 (0.17)	0.780	ref.	0.05 (0.22)	0.824	0.18 (0.20)	0.368
Physical
Crude	ref.	0.03 (0.15)	0.840	0.32 (0.15)	0.039	ref.	0.16 (0.18)	0.371	0.27 (0.17)	0.111
Adjusted^a	ref.	0.04 (0.15)	0.787	0.35 (0.16)	0.023	ref.	0.21 (0.19)	0.270	0.29 (0.17)	0.090
Sexual
Crude	ref.	−0.16 (0.20)	0.412	0.20 (0.21)	0.325	ref.	−0.16 (0.28)	0.552	−0.21 (0.26)	0.415
Adjusted^a	ref.	−0.13 (0.20)	0.495	0.22 (0.21)	0.286	ref.	−0.02 (0.28)	0.936	−0.13 (0.25)	0.622

Body mass index (BMI) was categorized as normal (18.5–22.9 kg/m²), overweight (23–24.9 kg/m²), and obese (≥25 kg/m²)
^aThe regression analysis was adjusted for age (years), education (high school graduate or less, some college or more), parity (1–2, ≥3), marital status (yes or no answer to the question, “are you living with a spouse?”), and physical activity level (low, moderate, high)

Back to article page

ISSN: 1472-6874

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcwomenshealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com