Sexual activity and perceived health among Finnish middle-aged women

Table 3 Univariate associations of sexual activity variables with analyzed explanatory variables separately for two age groups. Cumulative Odds Ratios and 95% confidence intervals for main effects (no-adjustments).

	Frequency of sexual experience			Frequency of orgasm experience			Lack of sexual desire
	Cumulative ORs for frequent sexual experience			Cumulative ORs for frequent orgasm experience			Cumulative ORs for no symptoms
42–46-YEAR-OLDS	p-value	COR	95% CI	p-value	COR	95% CI	p-value	COR	95% CI
Perceived health	0.032			0.039			<.001
poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
good		1.33	1.02–1.72		1.30	1.01–1.67		1.96	1.53–2.52
NATS ^a	<.001	0.78	0.71–0.86	<.001	0.79	0.72–0.87	<.001	0.75	0.68–0.82
PI ^a	<.001	0.82	0.74–0.90	<.001	0.84	0.76–0.92	<.001	0.63	0.57–0.69
Strenuous exercise ^a	0.025	1.13	1.02–1.25	0.001	1.18	1.07–1.30	0.409	1.04	0.94–1.15
Menopausal symptoms ^a	0.004	0.86	0.77–0.95	<.001	0.81	0.73–0.89	<.001	0.36	0.32–0.41
52–56-YEAR-OLDS
Perceived health	<.001			<.001			<.001
poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
good		1.42	1.17–1.73		1.47	1.20–1.80		1.56	1.30–1.87
NATS ^a	<.001	0.80	0.73–0.87	<.001	0.74	0.67–0.82	<.001	0.71	0.65–0.77
PI ^a	<.001	0.82	0.75–0.90	<.001	0.75	0.68–0.83	<.001	0.64	0.59–0.70
Strenuous exercise ^a	0.273	1.05	0.96–1.16	0.053	1.09	1.00–1.20	0.869	1.01	0.93–1.10
Menopausal symptoms ^a	0.052	0.91	0.83–1.00	<.001	0.84	0.76–0.92	<.001	0.45	0.41–0.49

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