Data set for Effects of Rh negativity on wellbeing, health, fecundity, sexual desire, and sexual activity

Raw data for the paper "Effects of
Rh negativity on wellbeing, health, fecundity, sexual desire, and sexual
activity – a cross-sectional study performed on a cohort of 5,527 Czech and
Slovak representatives of the internet population" by Jaroslav Flegr
Abstract

Since its discovery in the 1930s, the effects of Rh
phenotype on human health and wellbeing, with the exception of the effects of
Rh-negativity of a mother on the risk of hemolytic anemia of Rh-positive
children, has only rarely been studied. In the last few years, however, several
studies have shown that Rh-negative subjects have worse health and performance
in certain tests than their Rh-positive peers. Nothing is known about the
effect of Rh phenotype on the quality of life of subjects as measured by a
standard instrument. I hereby analyzed the data of 1768 male (24% Rh-negative)
and 3759 female participants (23% Rh-negative) of an anonymous internet study
using the partial Kendall test with the age and the population of the hometown
of subjects controlled. The results showed that the Rh-negative women, but not
men, scored worse in wellbeing measured with the WHO-BREFF. Both the
Rh-negative men and women scored worse in mental health-related variables and
in their reported economic situation. Additionally, the Rh-negative women
scored worse in physical health-related variables. Both the Rh-negative men and
women reported higher sexual activity than their Rh-positive peers. The effects
of the Rh phenotype were significant after the correction for multiple tests. However,
they were usually weaker and less numerous than those of smoking, consuming
alcohol, and high body mass index, which were used as a sort of internal
control.