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Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2011 Mar 21;59(5):739–744. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.003

Table 1.

Summary of main findings in association of sexual interest, sexual behaviors, hormonal contraceptive use, and coitus during menses – adolescent women

Behavior (Source Article)	Main Finding
First Coitus (Tanner, Hensel et al. 2010)	Higher level of sexual interest on day of 1^st coitus compared to day before or day after
Coitus on a given day (Fortenberry, Temkit et al. 2005)	Level of sexual interest on a given day associated with increased likelihood of coitus on that day
Oral-genital sexual behaviors (Hensel, Fortenberry et al. 2008)	Sexual interest associated with increased likelihood of combined oral-genital sex and coitus, and decreased likelihood of oralgenital sex as only sexual behavior of the day
Anal sex (Hensel, Fortenberry et al. 2010)	Increased likelihood of anal intercourse
Hormonal contraceptives use (Ott, Shew et al. 2008)	No association of oral or injected hormonal contraceptive use on sexual interest
Coitus during menses (Hensel, Fortenberry et al. 2007)	Higher levels of sexual interest associated with increased likelihood of coitus during menses