Table 2.

Frequency distribution of controls and cases according to sexual function.

Variables	Female					Male
	Control		case			control		case
	N	%	N	%	P	N	%	N	%	P
Sexual activity during the last 12 months
No	8	12.50	7	36.84		4	4.76	3	5.88
Yes	56	87.50	12	63.16	0.01	80	95.24	48	94.12	1.0
The beginning of the sex act
Spontaneous	34	54.84	12	66.67		68	81.93	31	62
Not spontaneous	28	45.16	6	33.33	0.42	15	18.07	19	38	0.01
Foreplay
Neither short or long	41	65.08	14	70		54	64.29	20	38.46
Go ahead to genital sex without foreplay	2	3.17	1	5		1	1.19	4	7.69
Short	5	7.94	1	5		6	7.14	10	19.23
Long	15	23.81	4	20	0.92	23	27.38	18	34.62	0.006
Masturbation
No	38	61.29	10	50		31	36.90	14	28
Yes	24	38.71	10	50	0.37	53	63.10	36	72	0.29
Sexual desire
No	9	13.85	2	9.52		0	0	2	4.17
Yes	56	86.15	19	90.48	0.72	84	100	46	95.83	0.13
Sexual arousal (lubrication/erection)
No	18	28.57	3	16.67		19	22.89	14	33.33
Yes	45	71.43	15	83.33	0.37	64	77.11	28	66.67	0.21
Sexual arousal/pleasure maintained until the end of sexual intercourse
No	6	9.52	6	31.58		2	2.41	8	16.33
Yes	57	90.48	13	68.42	0.01	81	97.59	41	83.67	0.005
Reach orgasm
No	13	20.31	4	21.05		---	---	---	---
Yes	51	79.69	15	78.95	1.00	---	---	---	---	---
Dyspareunia
No	52	81.25	16	80		84	100	44	88
Yes	12	18.75	4	20	1.00	0	0	6	12	0.002
Time to ejaculate
Is satisfactory	---	---	---	---		56	68.29	21	51.22
Is shorter than I want	---	---	---	---		23	28.05	12	29.27
Is longer than I want	---	---	---	---	---	3	3.66	8	19.51	0.01

Note: control = individuals without reported AIDS; case = individuals with reported AIDS. Source: Brazilian Sex Life Study (BSLS), 2002/2003.