Vitamin D 3 deficiency is associated with female sexual dysfunction in premenopausal women

To assess female sexual functions in women who were affected by vitamin D deficiency. A total of 50 women with FSD and 58 healthy women controls were included in the study, according to the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire using a 26.55 cutoff value. Detailed medical histories were...

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Published in:International urology and nephrology 2016-11, Vol.48 (11), p.1789
Main Authors: Canat, Masum, Canat, Lütfi, Öztürk, Feyza Yener, Eroğlu, Hatice, Atalay, Hasan Anıl, Altuntaş, Yüksel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arousal - physiology
Case-Control Studies
Cholecalciferol - deficiency
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dyspareunia - blood
Female
Hormones - blood
Humans
Orgasm - physiology
Premenopause
Prospective Studies
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin - metabolism
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - blood
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To assess female sexual functions in women who were affected by vitamin D deficiency. A total of 50 women with FSD and 58 healthy women controls were included in the study, according to the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire using a 26.55 cutoff value. Detailed medical histories were obtained from all sexual active women, and all women were evaluated in terms of possible presence of depression with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D , follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, total and free testosterone, estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone-SO (DHEA-SO ), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), free thyroxine (fT4), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were measured. Mean age of premenopausal women was 34.9 ± 6.3 years. The level of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was significantly lower in women with FSD compared with the controls (15.9 ± 8.4 and 26.3 ± 11.7 nmol/L, respectively). Desire (p = 0.0001), arousal (p = 0.0001), lubrication (p = 0.002), orgasm (p = 0.0001), satisfaction (p = 0.018), and pain (p = 0.010) domain scores were also correlated with the levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D . The BDI score showed a significant negative correlation with the total FSFI score (r = -0.492, p = 0.0001). The FSFI score not showed a significant correlation with the hormones (p > 0.05). There is a relationship with FSD and deficiency of vitamin D . Also, increased depressive symptoms were associated with FSD.
ISSN:1573-2584
DOI:10.1007/s11255-016-1396-7