Table 5.

Sexual activity scores and relationships with maternal initial BMI in each group.

Variable	Classification	BMI < 25	%	BMI ≥ 25	%	Total	%	p value
Frequency of sexual activity	No	1497	82.8%	334	85.0%	1831	83.2%	0.0236a
	Decrease	280	15.5%	47	12.0%	327	14.9%
	Same	31	1.7%	11	2.8%	42	1.9%
	Increase	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.0%
Willingness to have sexual activity	No	988	54.7%	227	57.8%	1215	55.2%	0.6524a
	Decrease	647	35.8%	129	32.8%	776	35.3%
	Same	141	7.8%	29	7.4%	170	7.7%
	Increase	31	1.7%	8	2.0%	39	1.8%
Satisfaction from sexual activity	No	1512	83.7%	333	84.7%	1845	83.8%	0.5280a
	Decrease	136	7.5%	33	8.4%	169	7.7%
	Same	156	8.6%	27	6.9%	183	8.3%
	Increase	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.1%
Dyspareunia	No	1611	89.1%	358	91.1%	1969	89.5%	0.3327a
	Decrease	39	2.2%	10	2.5%	49	2.2%
	Same	87	4.8%	11	2.8%	98	4.5%
	Increase	71	3.9%	14	3.6%	85	3.9%
Total sexual activity score		1.24	(SD1.93)	1.13	(SD1.89)			0.2924b

Abbreviation: BMI: body mass index.

^aChi-square test.

^bt-test.