Table 4:
Worse odor identification ability is associated with decreased emotional satisfaction with most recent sexual relationship (multivariable ordinal logistic regression, n=1,605)
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|
| Odor identification errors | 0.89 (0.81–0.99) | 0.04 |
| Gender | (reference) | <0.001 |
| Men | 0.57 (0.45–0.73) | |
| Women | ||
| Age | (reference) | 0.66 |
| 62 to 69 years old | 0.88 (0.69–1.13) | |
| 70 to 79 years old | 0.89 (0.63–1.24) | |
| 80 to 90 years old | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | (reference) | 0.09 |
| White | 0.91 (0.62–1.35) | |
| Black | 0.46 (0.25–0.84) | |
| Hispanic, non-Black | 1.03 (0.56–1.91) | |
| Others | ||
| Education Level | (reference) | 0.83 |
| Less than high school | 0.94 (0.55–1.63) | |
| High school graduate | 1.06 (0.69–1.62) | |
| Some college | 0.97 (0.59–1.60) | |
| Bachelors or higher | ||
| Cognition | 1.04 (0.99–1.09) | 0.13 |
| Comorbidity Index | 1.04 (0.95–1.14) | 0.43 |
| Frequent Depressive Symptoms | <0.001 | |
| (reference) | ||
| Negative | 0.44 (0.30–0.69) | |
| Positive |