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Sexual function in pre- and post-menopausal women with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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- Association between obstructive sleep apnea and female sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Pooled it
- Obstructive sleep apnea and serum total testosterone: a system review and meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment With Sexual Quality of Life in Patients With Sleep Apnea: Follow-up Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2018Trial
- The effect of positive airway treatment in women with sleep disordered breathing on the sexual and mental wellbeing of their male partners.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- A possible important regulatory role of estrogen in obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced hypertension: the impact of sex hormones.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2024Review
- Sex-dependent effects of chronic intermittent hypoxia: implication for obstructive sleep apnea.Biology of sex differences · 2024Article
- Comorbidity Profile and Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and Mortality in Non-Obese Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- A first look at childhood abuse in women with obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
- Global psychological assessment with the evaluation of life and sleep quality and sexual and cognitive function in a large number of patients with acromegaly: a cross-sectional study.European journal of endocrinology · 2022Article
- Depression and obesity, but not mild obstructive sleep apnea, are associated factors for female sexual dysfunction.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as a potential cause of sexual dysfunction in women : Sexual dysfunction in women.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Coagulation and Fibrinolysis in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Breathing Re-Education and Phenotypes of Sleep Apnea: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Circulating Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Prospective study of the prevalence and co-morbidities of obstructive sleep apnea in active-duty army personnel in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand using questionnaire screening.Military Medical Research · 2018Article
- Association of sleep disturbance and sexual function in postmenopausal women.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea and hormones - a novel insight.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2017Article
- Pre-diagnostic Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality in Relation to Subsequent Cancer Survival.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2016Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Women's Perspective.Journal of sleep medicine and disorders · 2016Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the female sexual function in relation to hormonal status in pre- and postmenopausal women with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A total of 43 premenopausal (mean age 42.1±4.9) and 58 postmenopausal (mean age 59.9±4.8) women were included in the study. All women filled out the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Testosterone, estradiol and progesterone were measured. After polysomnography, women were allocated to a not-severe OSA group (Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) 10-30) and a severe OSA group (AHI >30). Healthy subjects comprised the control group. Severe OSA women in both pre- and post-menopausal group were found to have significantly lower mean FSFI score (16.5±4.0 and 16.9±4.7, respectively) compared with not-severe OSA (23.4±5.5, P<0.01 and 21.8±7.5, P<0.05) and control subjects (27.0±5.5, P<0.01 and 24.0±6.7, P<0.01). Progesterone, which was significantly lower in severe OSA premenopausal women (0.26±0.2) compared with not-severe OSA (0.55±0.14, P<0.01) and control group (0.62±0.16, P<0.01), correlated significantly with FSFI (r=0.39, P<0.01). Our study demonstrated that OSA is associated with sexual dysfunction in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women in a dose-related fashion. Regarding premenopausal women, our results indicated that progesterone may play a role in the association between OSA and female sexual dysfunction.
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