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Trial reportInternational journal of impotence research

Mediterranean diet improves sexual function in women with the metabolic syndrome.

K Esposito, M Ciotola, F Giugliano, B Schisano, R Autorino, S Iuliano, M T Vietri, M Cioffi, M De Sio, D Giugliano

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Trial report in International journal of impotence research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Inflammation Predicts Sexual Arousability in Healthy Women.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K EspositoDivision of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Geriatrics and Metabolic Diseases, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy. katherine.esposito@unina2.it
M Ciotola
F Giugliano
B Schisano
R Autorino
S Iuliano
M T Vietri
M Cioffi
M De Sio
D Giugliano
University of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, we tested the effect of a Mediterranean-style diet on sexual function in women with the metabolic syndrome. Women were identified in our database of subjects participating in controlled trials evaluating the effect of lifestyle changes and were included if they had a diagnosis of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) associated with a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, a complete follow-up in the study trial and an intervention focused mainly on dietary changes. Fifty-nine women met the inclusion/exclusion criteria; 31 out of them were assigned to the Mediterranean-style diet and 28 to the control diet. After 2 years, women on the Mediterranean diet consumed more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grain and olive oil as compared with the women on the control diet. Female sexual function index (FSFI) improved in the intervention group, from a mean basal value of 19.7+/-3.1 to a mean post-treatment value of 26.1+/-4.1 (P=0.01), and remained stable in the control group. C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were significantly reduced in the intervention group (P<0.02). No single sexual domain (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, pain) was significantly ameliorated by the dietary treatment, suggesting that the whole female sexuality may find benefit from lifestyle changes. A Mediterranean-style diet might be effective in ameliorating sexual function in women with metabolic syndrome.

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Diet, MediterraneanAdultFemaleHumansMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedSexual BehaviorSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalSexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

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PMID17673936
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