Table 4.

McCoy’s five dimensions of sexual function

	Perimenopause (113)					Postmenopause (111)					P
	Mean	Median	SD	Lower limit	Upper limit	Mean	Median	SD	Lower limit	Upper limit
Sexual interest	25.09	26.00	6.50	23.89	26.29	21.80	21.00	7.32	20.44	23.2	<0.001***
Sexual satisfaction	11.47	12.00	3.43	10.84	12.10	10.57	10.00	2.98	10.01	11.1	0.037*
Vaginal lubrication	13.79	16.00	5.29	12.81	14.76	11.26	13.00	5.89	10.16	12.4	0.001**
Orgasm	19.02	20.00	4.18	18.18	19.86	17.43	17.00	3.84	16.58	18.3	0.01*
Sex partner	16.98	18.00	4.47	16.16	17.81	15.88	17.00	4.20	15.10	16.7	0.059
Overall	83.32	90.00	21.77	79.30	87.33	71.97	74.00	23.05	67.69	76.3	<0.001***

*P<0.05 significant, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 highly significant, ^@Independent t-test for means between 2 samples. SD: Standard deviation