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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2008 Sep 2;118(12):1234–1240. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.776823

Table 4.

Hot flashes and odds of aortic and coronary calcification

Aortic calcification Coronary calcification

OR (CI)* p OR (CI)* p
Model 1 1.55 (1.10–2.19) 0.01 1.48 (1.04–2.12) 0.03
Model 2 1.53 (1.02–2.29) 0.04 1.34 (0.88–2.05) 0.17
Model 3 1.53 (1.02–2.29)§ 0.04 1.33 (0.87–2.03) 0.19
Model 4 1.63 (1.07–2.49) 0.02 1.31 (0.84–2.05) 0.24
*

OR for any vs. no hot flashes

Model 1: Age, site, race

Model 2a: Model 1 covariates plus BMI, smoking, education, SBP, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, glucose, physical activity, antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, HT use, lipid medication use, menopausal status

Model 2b: Model 1 covariates plus BMI, education, SBP, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, glucose, diabetes history, antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, HT use, menopausal status

§

Model 3a: Model 2a covariates plus diabetes history

Model 3b: Model 2b covariates plus diabetes history, smoking, physical activity, lipid medication use

Model 4: Model 3 covariates plus E2log, blood draw timing