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Assessment of female sexual function in a group of uncircumcised obese Egyptian women

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The aim of the present study was to assess female sexual function in an obese group (250 women) and to compare it with a control group (100 women), among 25–35-year-old uncircumcised Egyptian women, using female sexual function index (FSFI) score. FSFI total score of ⩽26.55 was considered diagnostic of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). The percentage of FSD in the obese group was 73.6% while it was 71% in the control group, which was statistically insignificant (P>0.05). The difference between both groups regarding the total (FSFI) score was insignificant (P>0.05), but arousal and satisfaction domains scores were significantly lower in the obese group. In the obese group, a strong negative correlation between body mass index and arousal, orgasm and the total FSFI score was found. Women with excessive obesity had the lowest total FSFI score. In the obese group, college graduates had the highest total scores and all domain scores of FSFI followed by high school graduates while the least educated women had the lowest scores and when these subgroups were compared, significant differences were found among them. We conclude that in uncircumcised 25–35-year-old Egyptian women, obesity is not a major detrimental factor for FSD, but it may affect some sexual domains such as arousal and satisfaction, although excessive obesity is associated with FSD. Also, educational and cultural factors may have an impact on perception of sex and pleasure.

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    A R M Elnashar, H-EH Ahmed, A M Hassanin & M A Elgawady

  2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Females section), Cairo, Egypt

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Elnashar, A., Ibrahim, N., Ahmed, HE. et al. Assessment of female sexual function in a group of uncircumcised obese Egyptian women. Int J Impot Res 27, 178–181 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ijir.2015.12

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