Associations between sexual activity and weight status: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Lee Smith aff001; Lin Yang aff002; Suzanna Forwood aff003; Guillermo Lopez-Sanchez aff004; Ai Koyanagi aff005; Nicola Veronese aff006; Pinar Soysal aff007; Igor Grabovac aff008; Sarah Jackson aff009
Působiště autorů:
The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
aff001; Deparmtent of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
aff002; Department of Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
aff003; Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
aff004; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
aff005; National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padova, Italy
aff006; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
aff007; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
aff008; Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
aff009
Vyšlo v časopise:
PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie:
Research Article
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221979
Souhrn
Objective
To investigate the association between weight status and sexual activity in middle-aged and older adults.
Methods
Cross-sectional analysis on Wave 6 (2012/13) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Data were from 2,200 men and 2,737 women aged ≥50 years (mean 68.2 years). The explanatory variable was weight status, defined as normal-weight (BMI: ≤24.9), overweight (BMI: 25.0–29.9) or obese (BMI: ≥30) based on objective measurements of height and weight. Outcome variables were any self-reported sexual activity in the last year (yes/no) and, if yes, frequency of sexual intercourse in the last month. Covariates included a range of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health-related variables. Associations were analysed using binary (past-year sexual activity) and ordinal (frequency of past-month sexual intercourse) logistic regression models.
Results
The majority (73.3%) of men and half (50.0%) of women reported any sexual activity in the last year. The odds of reporting any sexual activity in the last year did not differ significantly by weight status in either men or women. However, among those who were sexually active, men with overweight (OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.15–1.81, p = 0.002) or obesity (OR = 1.38, 95% CI 1.07–1.77, p = 0.015), and women with overweight (OR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.05–1.71, p = 0.017) reported significantly more frequent sexual intercourse in the last month compared with those who had a BMI in the normal-weight range, after adjustment for covariates.
Conclusion
Older adults with overweight or obesity who are sexually active engage in more frequent sexual activity than those who are normal weight.
Klíčová slova:
Biology and life sciences – Physiology – Physiological parameters – Obesity – Reproductive physiology – Copulation – Nutrition – Diet – Medicine and health sciences – Body weight – Body Mass Index – Public and occupational health – Physical activity – Alcohol consumption – Mental health and psychiatry – People and places – Population groupings – Age groups – Elderly – Research and analysis methods – Research design – Longitudinal studies
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