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Abstract Quantitative, exploratory and cross-sectional study, carried out in a Basic Health Unit in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in 2019. It aimed to evaluate sexuality in the elderly and comparing physically active people and sedentary people. A sociodemographic questionnaire and a Questionnaire on Sexuality in the Elderly were applied, divided into active elderly (G1) and sedentary elderly (G2). Descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation calculation, and t test for independent samples were performed. 23 elderly people participated in G1 and 40 in G2. There was a similarity between the groups, in which the female gender predominated, the age group between 60 and 69 years old, white, Catholics, retired and those who attended elementary school. In comparisons, physically active elderly people had a higher mean for the question "do you consider yourself sexually active currently" (M=3.22) and a lower mean for the question "how important was sex to you in your youth" (M=5.83 ) than sedentary ones (M=1.60 and 8.15, respectively), with statistically significant differences (p<0.05). It was observed that the physically active elderly considered themselves currently sexually active while the sedentary elderly think that sex was more important in their youth.

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