Sexual Dysfunction in Women With the Metabolic Syndrome

Female sexual dysfunction is a largely uninvestigated, yet significant, public health problem, with 43% of women complaining of at least one sexual problem (1). Despite the high prevalence, which appears to surpass that of male sexual dysfunction, only recently has there been some focus on the sexual problems of women. We assessed the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in premenopausal women with the metabolic syndrome as compared with the general female population. Premenopausal women ( n = 100) were enrolled if they had three …