Table 3. Comparison of sexual impairment rates between women with systemic sclerosis and women from a UK general population sample, stratified by age and marital status.

	Married						Non-Married
	CSRG		UK				CSRG		UK
Age Group	N	N (%) Impaired	N	N (%) Impaired	Rate Ratio	95% CI	N	N (%) Impaired	N	N (%) Impaired	Rate Ratio	95% CI
18–29	4	3 (75)	5	4 (80)	0.94	0.46–1.92	2	0 (0)	8	1 (13)	0	-----
30–39	12	7 (58)	81	23 (28)	2.05	1.14–3.71	7	5 (71)	52	14 (27)	2.65	1.39–5.07
40–49	71	36 (51)	119	41 (34)	1.47	1.05–2.06	14	5 (36)	88	16 (18)	1.96	0.86–4.51
50–59	92	60 (65)	220	112 (51)	1.28	1.05–1.56	9	6 (67)	117	52 (44)	1.50	0.91–2.48
60–69	62	45 (73)	140	79 (56)	1.29	1.04–1.59	10	5 (50)	78	42 (54)	0.93	0.48–1.78
70+	11	8 (73)	34	26 (76)	0.95	0.63–1.43	2	1 (50)	14	10 (71)	0.70	0.17–2.91
Total	252	159 (63)	599	285 (48)	1.33	1.17–1.50	44	22 (50)	357	135 (38)	1.32	0.96–1.83