Table 4.

Unadjusted OR and 95% CI for Symptoms by Menopausal Status among White and African American Women in Family Practice Centers in Michigan, 2000–2001.

Symptoms^*	Menopausal Status^{^†}
	White (N = 167)				African American (N = 70)
	Perimenopausal		Postmenopausal		Perimenopausal		Postmenopausal
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Nervousness	1.59	1.08–2.37^{^‡}	1.42	0.89–2.28	1.53	0.85–2.75	1.22	0.62–2.41
Irritability	1.57	1.08–2.26^{^‡}	1.23	0.80–1.88	1.81	1.03–3.17^{^‡}	1.03	0.53–1.99
Depression/sadness	1.24	0.86–1.77	1.19	0.77–1.83	1.13	0.64–1.99	1.09	0.58–2.06
Memory loss	1.86	1.27–2.74^{^‡}	1.74	1.11–2.74^{^‡}	2.06	1.10–3.85^{^‡}	1.51	0.74–3.08
Difficulty sleeping	1.59	1.10–2.95^{^‡}	1.22	0.79–1.87	1.21	0.70–2.09	1.49	0.80–2.76
Weakness/fatigue	1.23	0.85–1.79	1.43	0.93–2.21	2.00	1.10–3.64^{^‡}	1.15	0.56–2.37
Headache	0.90	0.63–1.29	0.90	0.58–1.29	1.14	0.66–1.97	1.13	0.62–2.09
Painful sex	0.96	0.40–2.28	1.69	0.78–3.70	1.67	0.68–4.10	2.52	1.03–6.15^{^‡}
Vaginal dryness	1.28	0.80–2.05	1.94	1.19–3.16^{^‡}	1.58	0.83–3.00	1.51	0.74–3.08
Loss sexual interest	1.72	1.14–2.59^{^‡}	2.00	1.26–3.18^{^‡}	1.05	0.56–1.96	1.48	0.76–2.89
Hot flashes/flushes	1.79	1.23–2.59^{^‡}	2.03	1.30–3.18^{^‡}	2.14	1.20–3.82^{^‡}	1.88	0.99–3.56
Night sweats	1.90	1.28–2.81^{^‡}	1.60	1.00–2.55	3.48	1.82–6.68^{^‡}	1.29	0.61–2.71
Arm/leg numbness	1.44	0.99–2.11	1.32	0.84–2.09	1.40	0.79–2.49	1.12	0.57–2.17
Dizziness	1.26	0.84–1.90	1.04	0.62–1.75	1.69	0.92–3.09	0.96	0.44–2.08
Joint/muscle pain	1.39	0.96–2.01	1.12	0.73–1.72	1.10	0.62–1.97	0.55	0.29–1.03
Itching	1.09	0.68–1.76	1.51	0.92–2.48	0.89	0.44–1.80	0.52	0.17–1.56
Fast heartbeat	1.31	0.89–1.92	0.93	0.56–1.54	1.81	1.01–3.25^{^‡}	0.87	0.41–1.86

* Coded ‘absent’ or ‘present’; reference is ‘absent’.
† Reference is pre-menopausal.
‡ Significant, P < .05