title: Study on female sexual dysfunction in type 2 diabetic Chinese women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in type 2 diabetes patients, by comparing the sexual function between type 2 diabetic women and non-diabetic women with Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).
  
  
  METHODS
  115 type 2 diabetic women and 107 age-matched non-diabetes women were enrolled with similar backgrounds. Their sexual functions were evaluated with FSFI. Metabolic parameters such as body mass index, blood lipid profile, hemoglobin A1C, plasma glucose were also collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total score of FSFI of the type 2 diabetic women were significantly lower than that of the non-diabetic controls (18.27±8.96 vs. 23.02±5.78, P=0.000). Scores of the FSFI domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, pain) of the type 2 diabetic group were also lower than those of the control group. According to the FSD criterion (FSFI<25) available in China, the percentage of FSD in the type 2 diabetic group was significantly higher than that of the control group (79.2%vs. 55.0%, P<0.001). These trends seemed more prominent in pre-menopause subgroups. The logistic regression analysis indicated that age and diabetes were independent risk factors of FSD. Body Mass Index (BMI) also had influence in the diabetes group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings from this study showed that there are more FDS in Chinese type 2 diabetic women than in their non-diabetic counterparts, especially in pre-menopause participants.
authors.forename: Yao Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xin Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Qing Qing
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Ya Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*