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Participants reported the number of sexual partners they had had in their lifetime. Outcomes were self-rated health and self-reported limiting long-standing illness, cancer, coronary heart disease, and stroke. We used logistic regression to analyse associations between lifetime number of sexual partners and health outcomes, adjusted for relevant sociodemographic and health-related covariates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Having had 10 or more lifetime sexual partners was associated with higher odds of reporting a diagnosis of cancer than having had 0\u20131 sexual partners in men (OR 1.69, 95%\u2009CI 1.01 to 2.83) and women (OR 1.91, 95%\u2009CI 1.04 to 3.51), respectively. Women who had 10 or more lifetime sexual partners also had higher odds of reporting a limiting long-standing illness (OR 1.64, 95%\u2009CI 1.15 to 2.35). 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