Sexual activity and perceived health among Finnish middle-aged women

Ojanlatva, Ansa; Mäkinen, Juha; Helenius, Hans; Korkeila, Katariina; Sundell, Jari; Rautava, Päivi

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-4-29

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 4 Associations of the sexual activity variables with analyzed explanatory variables among 42–46-year-olds. Cumulative Odds Ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the sexual activity issues for 6 models.

From: Sexual activity and perceived health among Finnish middle-aged women

		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 YEARS*		p-value	COR	95% CI	p-value	COR	95% CI	p-value	COR	95% CI
MODEL 1 ^a	Perceived health	0.189			0.252			<.001
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		1.21	0.91–1.60		1.17	0.89–1.54		1.74	1.32–2.28
MODEL 2 ^a	Perceived health	0.708			0.712			0.006
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		1.06	0.79–1.42		1.05	0.80–1.39		1.49	1.12–1.97
	NATS^b	<.001			<.001			<.001
			0.80	0.72–0.89		0.80	0.72–0.88		0.80	0.72–0.89
MODEL 3 ^a	Perceived health	0.757			0.843			0.323
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		1.05	0.78–1.42		1.03	0.77–1.37		1.16	0.86–1.56
	PI^b	0.004			0.004			<.001
			0.85	0.76–0.95		0.85	0.77–0.95		0.65	0.58–0.73
MODEL 4 ^a	Perceived health	0.814			0.782			0.279
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		1.04	0.77–1.40		1.04	0.78–1.39		1.18	0.88–1.58
	PI^b	0.591			0.751			<.001
			0.96	0.83–1.11		0.98	0.86–1.12		0.64	0.55–0.73
	NATS^b	0.003			0.001			0.492
			0.82	0.72–0.94		0.81	0.71–0.92		1.05	0.92–1.20
MODEL 5 ^a	Perceived health	0.914			0.926			0.299
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		1.02	0.75–1.38		1.01	0.76–1.35		1.17	0.87–1.57
	PI^b	0.601			0.835			<.001
			0.96	0.83–1.11		0.99	0.86–1.13		0.64	0.55–0.73
	NATS^b	0.004			0.001			0.505
			0.82	0.72–0.94		0.80	0.71–0.91		1.05	0.92–1.20
	Strenuous exercise^b	0.077			0.005			0.946
			1.10	0.99–1.22		1.15	1.04–1.28		1.00	0.90–1.10
MODEL 6 ^a	Perceived health	0.583			0.502			0.556
	poor		1.00			1.00			1.00
	good		0.91	0.64–1.28		0.89	0.64–1.24		0.91	0.67–1.24
	PI^b	0.569			0.925			<.001
			1.05	0.89–1.23		1.01	0.87–1.17		0.70	0.60–0.81
	NATS^b	<.001			0.001			0.287
			0.74	0.64–0.86		0.78	0.68–0.90		1.08	0.94–1.24
	Strenuous exercise^b	0.304			0.041			0.549
			1.06	0.95–1.19		1.12	1.00–1.25		0.97	0.87–1.07
	Menopausal symptoms^b	0.070			0.005			<.001
			0.90	0.80–1.01		0.85	0.76–0.95		0.37	0.33–0.42

a. Adjusted for visit to physician and psychologist, having health examinations, sick leave, and life style change, use of heart medications, anti-depressants, sedatives, tranquilizers, and other medications (see methods).
b. COR corresponds to change of standard deviation (sd). COR > 1 (COR < 1) corresponds with a tendency to have more (less) frequent sexual experiences, to have more (less) frequent orgasms, or to perceive less (more) intensity of lack of sexual desire.

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