Table 2.

Comparison of Results of Factor Analysis between Our Study and the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

Symptoms	Our Study				SWAN^*
	White		African American		White		African American
	Factor I	Factor II	Factor I	Factor II	Factor I	Factor II	Factor I	Factor II
Nervousness	0.74	−0.07	0.65	0.01	0.73	0.05	0.75	0.11
Fast heartbeat^{^†}	0.48	0.04	0.59	0.17	0.40	0.32	0.44	0.26
Depression/sadness	0.53	0.03	0.70	−0.05	0.67	0.10	0.73	0.07
Memory loss^{^†}	0.47	0.16	0.58	−0.02	0.48	0.25	0.50	0.30
Headache	0.31	0.09	0.49	−0.03	0.51	0.06	0.48	0.09
Joint/muscle pain^{^†}	0.29	0.15	0.51	−0.06	0.45	0.20	0.45	0.28
Irritability	0.61	0.10	0.35	0.40	0.67	0.03	0.70	0.05
Night sweats	0.05	0.62	0.00	0.70	0.06	0.82	0.11	0.81
Vaginal dryness	−0.01	0.52	−0.20	0.71	0.16	0.36	0.19	0.45
Hot flashes/flushes	0.16	0.43	0.24	0.58	0.04	0.83	0.08	0.83

* Data extracted from the article by Avis et al.12
† These symptoms were labeled as heart pounding, forgetfulness and stiffness, respectively, in SWAN.