Coitus and Menses Table 3

Table 3-- Change in menstrual flow, frequency of sexual behavior: sporadic(s) or weekly (w), and coitus during menses for individual subjects (n=56) at the menopausal transition

		Menstrual Change
	Subject Number	Days	Flow	Coital frequency	Coitus During Menses?	Subject's Comment re: behavior
Increased flow	20	+	+	w	yes	hasn't changed thru years
	27	+	+	s	yes	w/present partner (last 4 years) but not before
	29	+	+	w	yes	sometimes
	61	+	+	w	yes	less than before
	64	+	+	s	yes	didn't used to
	84	+	+	s	yes	5x per year
	114	+	+	w	yes	on light days
	151	+	+	w	yes	on light days
	202	+	+	s	yes	regularly
	205	+	+	s	yes

	31		+	s	no	never
	53		+	w	no	never
	77		+	w	yes	always
	85		+	s	yes	used to (no partner now)
	92		+		yes
	109*		+	s	no	rare
	115		+	w	yes
	122		+	w	yes
	129		+	s	yes	occasionally

	63	+		s	yes	quite a bit 7 years ago
	74	+		w	yes	didn't used to
	140	+		w	yes	1-2 days of each cycle
	201	+		s	no

Mixed pattern	8	+	+	w	no
	56	+	+	s	no
	70	+	-	w	yes	sometimes
	79	+	+	s	no
	81	+	-	w	yes	regularly
	87	+	-	w	no
	96	+	+	s	no	usually not
	97	+	-	w	yes	in last 5 years
	111	+	-	s	yes	didn't used to
	112	+	+	w	yes	sometimes
	127	-	+	w	yes	regularly
	133*	+	+	s	yes	minimal
	149*	-	+	s	yes	rare

Decreased flow	4	-	-	s	no
	22	-	-	w	no
	33	-	-	s	no
	42	-	-	w	no	never
	44	-	-	s	no
	66	-	-	s	no
	68*	-	-	s	no	rare
	73	-	-	s	no	never
	116	-	-	w	no
	118*	-	-	s	no	rare
	123	-	-	s	no
	142	-	-	s	no

	16		-	s	no
	39		-	s	yes
	51		-	w	no
	59		-	w	no
	131		-	s	no
	148		-	s	no
	204		-	w	yes	after the 4th day

	11*	-		w	no	rare