Poor female sexual function associated with low vitamin D in pilot study – Aug 2016

Sexual function and depressive symptoms in young women with low vitamin D status: a pilot study

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, online 9 Aug 2016, doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.08.001
Robert Krysiaka, r.krysiak at interia.pl, Małgorzata Gilowskaa, b, Bogusław Okopieńa

Objective
Although vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of numerous disorders, no previous study has investigated its association with sexual dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate female sexual functioning and depressive symptoms in young women with low vitamin D status.

Study design
The study included 14 women with vitamin D deficiency, 14 women with vitamin D insufficiency, as well as 14 matched healthy women. All participants of the study completed questionnaires evaluating female sexual functioning (Female Sexual Function Index – FSFI) and the presence and severity of depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition – BDI-II).

Results
The total FSFI score was lower while the overall BDI-II score higher in women with vitamin D deficiency, but not in women with vitamin D insufficiency, than in healthy subjects.
Compared to women with normal vitamin D status, women with vitamin D deficiency were characterized by lower scores for three domains:

• sexual desire,
• orgasm and
• satisfaction,

while women with vitamin D insufficiency were characterized by a lower score only for desire.
Desire and in women with vitamin D deficiency also orgasm, sexual satisfaction and the overall FSFI score negatively correlated with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

Conclusion
The obtained results indicate that low vitamin D status is associated with abnormal female sexual functioning, the severity of which depends on the degree of vitamin D deficiency.

Publisher wants $36 for the PDF
 Download the PDF Via SciHub in VitaminDWiki

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.08.001

---

Seems reasonable: Poor Health associated with both low vitamin D and low sexual function
Seemly likely: Supplementing vitamin D will improve health and sexual function

See also VitaminDWiki

• Fertility and sperm category listing has 141 items along with related searches
• Assisted Reproduction – 5 studies concluded vitamin D repletion helps – Review March 2015

See also: Vitamin D Council report on the study

• Study discovers female sexual dysfunction is associated with vitamin D deficiency
  "The researchers discovered that women with FSD had shockingly low average vitamin D levels of 6.36 ng/ml"