Importance of active and passive smoking as one of the risk factors for female sexual dysfunction in Chinese women.

Objective: To assess possible risk factors for female sexual dysfunction (FSD), aiming especially at smoking in China.

Methods: Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) for assessing FSD; 621 women (24-75 years) divided into 'group FSD' (FSFI≤ 26.55) and 'group No FSD' (FSFI > 26.

Sexual dysfunction in Chinese women at different reproductive stages and the positive effect of hormone replacement therapy in the early postmenopause.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate female sexual dysfunction (FSD) at different reproductive stages and the effect on FSD of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Methods: Participants ( = 524) were divided into six groups according to the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW + 10): reproductive age (R), early (ET)/late (LT) menopausal transition, early (EP)/late (LP) postmenopause and early postmenopause in women using HRT (EP-HRT; oestradiol sequentially combined with dydrogesterone). The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used to assess FSD.

Lumbar bone mineral density measured by quantitative computed tomography (QCT): association with abdominal adipose tissue in different menopausal periods of Chinese women.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between abdominal adipose tissue and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) in different menopausal periods of Chinese women.

Methods: 230 women were included in this cross-sectional study. Subjects were divided into a perimenopausal and postmenopausal group.