Sexual activity and perceived health among Finnish middle-aged women

Table 2 Means and standard deviations for main effects in the different age groups¹

42–46-year-old women		n	mean	sd	p-value
NATS
Perceived health	poor	316	0.50	0.51
	good	1494	0.22	0.29	< .001
PI
Perceived health	poor	316	0.63	0.42
	good	1496	0.27	0.28	< .001
Strenuous exercise
Perceived health	poor	316	27.56	26.05
	good	1494	36.39	33.49	< .001
Menopausal symptoms
Perceived health	poor	252	12.09	8.55
	good	1194	7.89	5.60	< .001
52–56-year-old women
NATS
Perceived health	poor	623	0.38	0.43
	good	1339	0.17	0.27	< .001
PI
Perceived health	poor	623	0.61	0.40
	good	1341	0.30	0.29	< .001
Strenuous exercise
Perceived health	poor	619	28.48	29.59
	good	1339	37.13	34.03	< .001
Menopausal symptoms
Perceived health	poor	594	18.62	8.99
	good	1274	15.71	8.47	< .001

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