Female social and sexual interest across the menstrual cycle: the roles of pain, sleep and hormones

Guillermo, Chrisalbeth J; Manlove, Heidi A; Gray, Peter B; Zava, David T; Marrs, Chandler R

doi:10.1186/1472-6874-10-19

BMC Women's Health

Table 5 Correlations of hormones to socio-behavioral categories and individual questionnaire items.

From: Female social and sexual interest across the menstrual cycle: the roles of pain, sleep and hormones

Control Group				OC Group
T1	Physical Discomfort	E2	.500*	T1	General Attraction	D	.450*
	Cramp Frequency	E2	.453*		Physical Attraction	E3	-.488*
	Bloating Severity	E2	.658**		Physically Attracted	E3	-.544*
	Bloating Frequency	E3	.447*		Physically Attracted	T	-.543*
	Bloating Severity	T	.526*		Task-Oriented Attraction		n.s.
	Exercise	E2	.575**		Depend on Other	P	-.456*
	Sleep Disturbance		n.s.		Depend on Other	T	-.558*
	Awakenings	E3	.481*	T2	Physical Discomfort		n.s.
	Social Attraction	T	-.541*		Bloating Duration	E3	.543*
	Approach Other	E2	-.662**		Bloating Severity	E3	.543*
	Establish Rapport	E2	-.456*		Bloating Frequency	D	.455*
	Approach Other	E3	-.497*		Exercise	D	.496*
	Approach Other	T	-.646**		Sleep Disturbance		n.s.
	Establish Rapport	T	-.544*		Fight Falling Asleep	T	-.456*
	Physical Attraction		n.s.		Social Attraction		n.s.
	Physically Attracted	P	.472*		Approach Other	D	.535*
T2	Physical Discomfort		n.s.		Task-Oriented Attraction		n.s.
	Bloating Duration	E3	.543*		Accomplish Work with Other	E2	.465*
	Bloating Severity	E3	.543*		Accomplish Work with Other	E3	.452*
	Bloating Frequency	D	.455*		Accomplish Work with Other	D	.623**
	Social Attraction		n.s.	T3	Physical Discomfort	C	-.482*
	Enjoy Company	C	.487*		Breast Tenderness Duration	P	-.454*
T3	Sleep Disturbance		n.s.		Breast Tenderness Severity	P	-.470*
	Awakenings	E2	.466*		Cramp Duration	C	-.525*
	General Attraction	E3	-.462*		Breast Tenderness Frequency	C	-.483*
	Social Attraction		n.s.		Breast Tenderness Duration	C	-.479*
	Understood by Other	E2	.474*		Exercise	E2	.594**
	Physical Attraction	E2	.446*		Exercise	P	.461*
	Other Sexually Appealing	E2	.486*		Exercise	T	.572**
	Task-oriented Attraction				Exercise	D	.465*
	Accomplish Work with Other	E3	.564**		Social Attraction		n.s.
					Establish Rapport	P	.556*
					Understood by Other	D	-.466*
					Physical Attraction		n.s.
					Physically Attracted	D	-.446*
					Task-Oriented Attraction		n.s.
					Accomplish Work with Other	P	.507*

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, n.s. = non-significant for category associations.
T1: early- to mid-follicular phase, T2: mid-cycle, T3: mid- to late-luteal phase;, E2: estradiol, P: progesterone, E3: estriol, T: testosterone, D: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, C: cortisol.

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