Does Metabolic Syndrome Impair Sexual Function in Middle- to Old-Aged Women?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1123-1130

  Kim, Yun Hwan ^a   Kim, Sun Mie ^b   Kim, Jin Ju ^b   Cho, In Seong ^c   Jeon, Myung Jae ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Female Sexual Function; FSFI; Metabolic Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79953323474     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02174.x     Document Type: Article

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