Neighborhood disorder, exposure to violence, and perceived discrimination in relation to symptoms in midlife women

Table 3 Factor analyses of symptoms included in study

	Total sample			White women			Black women
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
Lack of energy	.712	.252	.270	.739	.160	.326	.712	.367	−.012
Feeling blue/ depressed	.842	.084	−.144	.776	−.073	−.071	.533	.490	.366
Backaches	.344	.510	.352	.326	.741	−.212	.533	.544	−.182
Headaches	−.058	.040	.803	.104	.098	.609	.162	−.020	−.844
Aches/stiffness in joints	.119	.808	.221	.093	.828	.186	.761	.030	.016
Shortness of breath	.280	.190	.467	−.005	.111	.775	.072	.801	−.051
Hot flashes	.055	.720	−.283	−.152	.631	.221	.485	−.097	.557
Trouble sleeping	.653	.060	.211	.752	.194	−.046	.205	.720	.073
Nervous tension	.717	.250	.002	.597	.045	.456	.713	.283	.329
Pins and needles in hands/feet	.359	.493	.157	.315	.377	.248	.652	.209	−.108
Variance explained (rounded)	25%	18%	13%	23%	19%	15%	29%	20%	13%
Cumulative variance explained	56.31%			56.70%			61.78%

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