Sexual Dysfunction before and after Cardiac Rehabilitation

Table 4

Univariate analysis of variables related to any problems with sexual activity after OCR.

	no problems	any problems	P-value
	($n=346$)	($n=550$)
Age	$58\pm 10$	$63\pm 10$	.0001
Body mass index	$26\pm 3$	$26\pm 3$	.76
MaxWatt (before OCR)	$131\pm 40$	$119\pm 35$	.0001
MaxWatt (after OCR)	$162\pm 49$	$146\pm 43$	.0001
Watt-improvement	57%	48%	.006
Change in exercise cap.	$31\pm 26$	$26\pm 24$	.003
LVEF	$56\pm 15$%	$55\pm 17$	ns
PCI	68%	62%	.07
CABG	20%	31%	$<$.0001
Hypertension	48%	59%	.001
Hyperlipidemia	66%	72%	.02
Diabetes mellitus	10%	15%	.03
Smoking	31%	34%	.32
Family history	38%	32%	.07
Betablocker	11%	9%	.41
QoL scale:
Subj. performance (before OCR)	2.33	2.12	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	3.00	2.62	$<$.0001
Ability to relax (before OCR)	2.75	2.50	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	3.00	2.87	$<$.0001
Positive mood (before OCR)	2.20	2.00	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	2.60	2.25	$<$.0001
Negative mood (before OCR)	3.12	2.87	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	3.5	3.25	$<$.0001
Ability to relate (before OCR)	2.66	2.5	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	3.00	2.83	$<$.0001
Affiliation (before OCR)	3.4	3.2	$<$.0001
(after OCR)	3.4	3.2	$<$.0001

QoL scales mentioned and explained in the methods section. Scale 4 (negative mood) is given as reciprocal value, that is, higher scores mean less negative mood.