Strength & limitations
The present is the first investigating the effect of the VAI on female sexual dysfunction in the literature compared to the BMI and WC. A relatively low number of participants, lack of information on parity, education, employment, partner status, income, presence of mood disorders are the limiting factors. Excessively high VAI levels in some participants might affect the results, which may be a limiting factor. Another factor that limits the study is that the participants’ psychosocial status was not taken into account.