Two hundred and forty -seven adults (including 21 persons aged 16 to 20) were also surveyed, 70% of whom harbored Ascaris (Table No.4). This group included only eight farmers. The others were office workers, shop keepers, skilled laborers and professional people including one doctor and one nurse. One hundred and four were housewives.No significant difference in incidence in different age groups of children was noted (Table No. 5). The number of adults examined was too small to treat statistically but a group of seventy persons between the ages of 31 and 40 had an incidence of 77%. Apparently the incidence does not decrease very rapidly with age in these communities.

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There are reports of decreases in both sexual activity and serum testosterone in older men but not of any clear association between the two variables. In healthy participants in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging, despite the fact that serum testosterone did not decline with age, sexual activity decreased in a highly predictable fashion. In men over 60 years old, those with higher levels of sexual activity (for age) had significantly greater levels of serum testosterone. Although we found an inverse correlation between testosterone and percentage of body fat, there was no relationship between percentage of body fat and sexual activity. We also found no correlation between testosterone or sexual activity and smoking or coronary heart disease. Subjects drinking more than 4 oz. of ethanol per day were more likely to have decreased sexual activity but not diminished testosterone concentration. Our data suggest that, although serum testosterone level and ethanol intake may affect sexual activity in older men to some degree, age itself still appears to be the most influential variable.