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Table 2 Description of sexual function stratified by the presence of hypothyroidism

From: Risk factors for sexual dysfunction in Romanian women with type 1 diabetes mellitus and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: a comparative cross-sectional study

Parametersa

Controls (n = 101)

Euthyroidism (n = 49)

Hypothyroidism (n = 55)

p-valueb

FSFI score

28.80 (26.60–30.00)

28.80 (25.20–32.30)

24.00 (22.80–30.00)

 < 0.001

Desire

9 (8.9%)

8 (16.3%)

21 (38.2%)

 < 0.001

Arousal

7 (6.9%)

4 (8.2%)

14 (25.5%)

0.002

Lubrication

6 (5.9%)

3 (6.1%)

19 (34.5%)

0.001

Orgasm

8 (7.9%)

4 (8.2%)

20 (36.4%)

0.001

Satisfaction

10 (9.9%)

2 (4.1%)

19 (34.5%)

 < 0.001

Pain

1 (1%)

1 (2.0%)

9 (16.4%)

 < 0.001

FSDS-R score

8.00 (6.00–10.00)

8.00 (4.00–40.00)

41.00 (8.00–43.00)

 < 0.001

  1. FSFI Female Sexual Function Index, FSDS-R Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised
  2. aContinuous variables (with non-Gaussian distribution) are indicated as median (interquartile range) and categorical variables, as percentage (absolute frequency) in the sample
  3. bp-value was computed by independent-samples Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables (with non-Gaussian distribution) and Pearson’s chi-squared (or Fisher’s exact) test for nominal variables