Association of body weight and female sexual dysfunction : a case control study

Abstract EN

Background : Obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide with negative effects on women’s health, psychosocial factors and quality of life.

female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a major public health problem that is worrying for many women physically, emotionally and socially.

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of body weight with FSD and sexual satisfaction, in Ilam, western Iran, In 2010 To 2011.

Patients And Methods : This was a case-control study on 120 women aged 18-50 years [64 With FSD (case), 64 without FSD (control)] married, from Ilam-IR, who were interviewed as per the iranian version of female sexual function index (FSFI).

Body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were recorded by researchers.

The subjects were randomly selected from primary health centers.

Results : FSFI score was significantly lower in overweight women (P < 0.05).

FSFI strongly correlated with body mass index (BMI) (R = -0.68, P < 0.001) and waist-to-hip ratio (R = -0.29, P < 0.05) in women with FSD.

Of sexual function parameters, there was a strong and inverse correlation between bmi and arousal (R = -0.71, P < 0.001), lubrication (R = -0.61, P < 0.001), orgasm (R = -0.52, P < 0.001) and satisfaction (R = -0.54, P < 0.001), while pain (R = -0.12, P > 0.05) and desire (R = -0.17, P > 0.05) did not correlate with BMI.

There was an association between BMI and extreme satisfaction (R = -0.28, P < 0.05).

Extreme physical pleasure (R = -0.19, P > 0.05) and extreme emotional satisfaction (R = -0.16, P > 0.05) were not correlated with BMI.

Conclusions: Overweight and obesity negative affect sexuality in women with sexual dysfunction.

a systematic evaluation of sexual function to disclose a cause and effect relationship between obesity and fsd is suggested.