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Our aim was to compare the sexual function of normal and overweight women in pregnancy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cross\u2010sectional study involving 223 pregnant women: 105 overweight [pre\u2010pregnancy body mass index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content>) \u226525.0 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>] and 118 normal weight (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content> 18.5\u201324.9 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), in the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. These women were managed at an antenatal clinic of a public university hospital in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, between 2011 and 2014. The Female Sexual Function Index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content>) was used. The characteristics of normal and overweight women were compared using two\u2010tailed Student's <jats:italic>t\u2010<\/jats:italic> or chi\u2010squared tests. Differences in mean <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content> scores were assessed using the Kruskal\u2013Wallis test. Pearson\u2032s correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between pre\u2010pregnancy <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content> scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the 2nd trimester, mean total <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content> scores were similar in overweight (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 51) compared to normal weight (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 67) women (21.9 \u00b1 9.8 vs. 21.7 \u00b1 10.4, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 1.000). In the 3rd trimester, overweight women (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 54) had significantly lower total <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content> scores than normal weight women (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 51; 19.1 \u00b1 10.3 vs. 24.5 \u00b1 9.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.0004). In the 3rd trimester, overweight women also had significantly lower mean scores in desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm and dyspareunia domains. We found an inverse correlation between pre\u2010pregnancy <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BMI<\/jats:styled-content> and mean 3rd trimester total <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSFI<\/jats:styled-content> scores (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.212, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.030), desire (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u22120.216, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.027) and orgasm (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u20130.222, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.023).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overweight women in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy had poorer sexual function compared with normal weight 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