Table 4.

Multivariate Associations Between Night Sweats, Day Sweats, and Hot Flashes and Quality of Life, Controlling for Age, Sex, Education, Income, and Race

QOL Measure	Night Sweats	Day Sweats	Hot Flashes
Note: numbers shown in table are β coefficients from linear regression models.
QOL = quality of life; HUI3 = Health Utility Index Mark 3; NS = not significant; QWB-SA = Quality of Well-Being Scale Self-Administered; SF-36 = Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36.
* P <.05.
† P <.001.
‡ P <.0001.
HUI3	NS	NS	NS
QWB-SA	−0.045*	NS	NS
SF-36
General health	−8.179	−8.262^†	−7.006^†
Vitality	−9.473^†	−12.743^‡	−7.771^†
Physical functioning	−13.338^‡	−13.368^†	−9.672^†
Role–physical	−19.054^†	−18.615	NS
Mental health	−4.357*	−4.212*	NS
Role–emotional	−16.682^‡	−9.892*	NS
Social functioning	−6437*	−11.544^†	NS
Bodily pain	−11.061^‡	−13.196^‡	NS