The French Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) scale: Methodological review

Table 5 Internal structure and domains of the AMS scale in 10-year age groups. Comparison across age in the French community sample (n = 903).

Total scale: % variance explained		49.6			46.2			52.5			56.7			52.2
Domains: % variance explained		13.5	20.2	15.9	17.6	18.3	10.3	12.2	23.1	17.2	10.3	28.9	17.4	17.7	20.3	14.1
Age group (years)		Under 30 (n = 197)			30–39 (n = 203)			40–49 (n = 169)			50–59 (n = 154)			60+ (n = 180)
	Item Nr.	Psych	Somat	Sex	Psych	Somat	Sex	Psych	Somat	Sex	Psych	Somat	Sex	Psych	Somat	Sex
Burned out	13	0.2	0.5		0.1	0.6		0.3	0.5		0.2	0.7		0.5	0.5
Depressive, more	11	0.6			0.8			0.5		0.5	0.2	0.8		0.6
Irritability, increased	6	0.5			0.6				0.7		0.8			0.5
Anxious, more	8	0.6			0.7			0.7			0.3	0.6		0.8
Nervousness, more	7	0.4	0.6		0.3		0.5	0.3	0.7		0.6			0.7
Joint complaints, more	2		0.7			0.6			0.5			0.5			0.6
Sweating, increased	3		0.5		0.5	0.1			0.6			0.2	0.5	0.6	0.2
Sleep, need for more	5		0.6			0.6			0.6			0.8			0.6
Well-being, impaired	1		0.6			0.5			0.6			0.8			0.8
Sleep disturbances, more	4		0.6		0.4	0.4			0.6			0.6			0.5
Muscular weakness	10		0.6			0.5			0.5			0.6			0.7
Physical exhaustion	9		0.6			0.6			0.6			0.6			0.6
Sexual potency, impaired	15			0.8		0.6	0.2			0.8			0.7			0.8
Morning erections, less	16			0.7		0.6	0.3			0.7			0.8			0.8
Libido, disturbed	17			0.7			0.5			0.7			0.8			0.8
Passed peak	12	0.7		0.2	0.5		0.4		0.5	0.4		0.3	0.3	0.4		0.4
Decrease of beard growth	14			0.7			0.8	0.7			0.7		0.2	0.5		0.4

Factor loadings only depicted if 0.5 or more^# in the sub-scales: psychological (psych), somatic (somat), and sexual sub-scale (sex).
^# Except if conflicting loadings /not loading in the original domain (italic)

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