Perceived effects of health status on sexual activity in women and men older than 50 years

Table 1 Demographic, clinical, health status, health-related quality of life and global quality of life variables for all participants, i.e., respondents and non-respondents to item 15 on the 15D questionnaire

	All (n = 407)	Respondents (n = 306)	Non-respondents (n = 101)	p-values
Demograhpic
Age (years)	67 (8)	65 (9)	73 (9)	<0.001
Age groups (years)
50-59	121 (30%)	106 (35%)	15 (15%)	<0.001
60-69	131 (32%)	111 (36%)	20 (20%)
70-79	122 (30%)	78 (25%)	44 (43%)
80-	33 (8%)	11 (3%)	22 (22%)
Women	353 (87%)	256 (84%)	97 (96%)	<0.001
Weight (kg)	72.0 (13.7)	73.3 (13.6)	68.3 (13.3)	0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	26.1 (4.3)	26.2 (4.3)	25.6 (4.4)	0.235
Menopause age (years)	49.3 (4.2)	49.2 (4.4)	49.5 (3.8)	0.522
Higher education (>13 years)	103 (25%)	90 (31%)	13 (13%)	0.001
Married/cohabiting	247 (61%)	215 (71%)	32 (32%)	<0.001
Regular exercise*	303 (75%)	237 (78%)	66 (66%)	0.022
Currently smoking	59 (15%)	48 (16%)	11 (11%)	0.231
Co-morbidity
Mean total score for co-morbidity (range 0–6)	0.9 (0.9)	0.8 (0.9)	1.2 (1.1)	<0.001
Clinical status
Osteoporoses**	97 (24%)	58 (19%)	39 (39%)	<0.001
≥1 fall in the previous year	142 (35%)	101 (39%)	41 (47%)	0.191
Previous fracture	194 (47%)	140 (46%)	54 (54%)	0.299
Health status
Mean MHAQ***	1.05 (0.20)	1.04 (0.17)	1.09 (0.26)	0.015
Health related quality of life
SF-36- PCS****	51 (9)	52 (9)	49 (10)	0.001
SF-36-MCS****	51 (9)	51 (9)	49 (11)	0.112
Global quality of life
QOLS*****	95 (10)	96 (9)	93 (12)	0.042

*= more than 30 min three times each week.
**Osteoporosis at total hip and/or spine L2–L4.
***The MHAQ score ranges from 1 to 4 where 1 indicates a higher perception of the ability to perform daily living activities.
****The score for SF-36 ranges from 0 to 100 where 100 indicates a high HRQOL.
*****The QOLS score ranges from 16 to 112 where 112 indicates a high GQOL.
PCS = physical component summary, MCS = mental component summary, MHAQ = Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire, QOLS = quality of life scale.
Continuous variables are expressed as the mean and with standard deviation (SD) in brackets while categorical variables are expressed as numbers and percentage (%) in brackets. In the group comparisons, independent samples t-tests were used for continuous variables and chi-squared tests were used for categorical variables.

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