The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43.e1 , January 2012

Sexual Activity and Satisfaction in Healthy Community-dwelling Older Women

  • Susan E. Trompeter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Calif
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  • Ricki Bettencourt, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0607, La Jolla, CA 92093-0607

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    Sexual arousal responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to arousal by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-6

    Sexual arousal responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to arousal by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-68.02 years, third quartile 68.03-79.91 years, fourth quartile > 79.92 years.)

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    Lubrication responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to lubrication by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-

    Lubrication responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to lubrication by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-68.02 years, third quartile 68.03-79.91 years, fourth quartile > 79.92 years.)

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    Orgasm responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to orgasm by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-68.02 year

    Orgasm responses in sexually active older women (responses to questions pertaining to orgasm by quartile of age in sexually active women: first quartile < 55.12 years, second quartile 55.14-68.02 years, third quartile 68.03-79.91 years, fourth quartile > 79.92 years.)

 Funding: The Rancho Bernardo Study was funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging Grants AG07181 and AG028507 and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant DK31801.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(11)00655-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.036

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43.e1 , January 2012

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