Sexual dysfunction is frequent in premenopausal women with diabetes, obesity, and hypothyroidism, and correlates with markers of increased cardiovascular risk. A preliminary report

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1561-1568

  Veronelli, Annamaria ^a,b   Mauri, Chiara ^a,b   Zecchini, Barbara ^b   Peca, Maria Grazia ^b   Turri, Olivia ^b   Valitutti, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Dall'asta, Chiara ^a,b   Pontiroli, Antonio E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes mellitus; E Selectin; ICAM 1; Obesity; P Selectin; PAI 1; Sexual dysfunction; Thyroid; Women

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ESTRADIOL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PADGEM PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 66649118030     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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