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IVF-ET women with younger age, higher education level, and psychological distress are more likely to be included in the moderate sexual function group; The probability of IVF-ET women residing in cities belonging to the group with good sexual function is high; The shorter the duration of infertility and the fewer pregnancies, the less likely it is to be included in the low sexual function group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is heterogeneity in the sexual function of IVF-ET women, and these findings may help medical staff identify at-risk populations based on the associated factors of sexual function in different categories of patients, though prospective validation is needed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0356758","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T17:29:02Z","timestamp":1787765342000},"page":"e0356758","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Latent profile analysis and influencing factors of female sexual function in IVF-ET in china"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-8070-2903","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Zhengyao","family":"Che","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lirong","family":"Xia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinhui","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenhui","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2247-055X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Huaimei","family":"Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"pone.0356758.ref001","first-page":"143","article-title":"Depressive mood and influencing factors in infertility patients receiving assisted reproductive therapy","author":"FZ Zhan","year":"2023","journal-title":"Chin J Sex Sci"},{"issue":"4","key":"pone.0356758.ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1051","DOI":"10.1007\/s00404-024-07695-9","article-title":"High-altitude hypoxia exposure alters follicular metabolome and oocyte developmental potential in women","volume":"311","author":"Z Xiong","year":"2025","journal-title":"Arch Gynecol Obstet"},{"issue":"6","key":"pone.0356758.ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1595","DOI":"10.1007\/s00404-021-06367-2","article-title":"Impact of assisted reproduction treatment on sexual function of patients diagnosed with infertility","volume":"305","author":"AC Sater","year":"2022","journal-title":"Arch Gynecol Obstet"},{"key":"pone.0356758.ref004","unstructured":"Zou FL. 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