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Methods: Utilizing online COMPASS-31 to evaluate dysautonomia symptom severity, Beck\u2019s Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDII), Female Sexual Function (FSF), and International Index of Erection Function (IIEF) questionnaires, we compared sexual function scores in patients with POTS to scores obtained from sex- and age-matched healthy controls via a cross-sectional case\u2013control study. Results: A total of 160 women with POTS, mean age 30.2 \u00b1 7.9 (range 21\u201350 years), had lower FSF scores than 62 healthy age-matched female controls. IIEF scores in 29 male patients with POTS with a mean age of 30.1 \u00b1 6.0 (range 21\u201347) were significantly lower than in 27 healthy age-matched male controls. Female POTS patients had significantly lower scores in the sub-domains of desire, arousal, and satisfaction, while male POTS patients had significantly lower scores in erectile and orgasmic function, desire, and satisfaction than healthy controls. Predictive factors of sexual dysfunction were depression in women and age in men. The severity of autonomic symptoms correlated with sexual dysfunction in women, but this effect disappeared after controlling for depression. Conclusions: Compared to healthy controls, women and men with POTS have significant sexual dysfunction, which needs to be considered in the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches as part of comprehensive patient care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13082274","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,15]],"date-time":"2024-04-15T08:08:12Z","timestamp":1713168492000},"page":"2274","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Sexual Dysfunction in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): A Cross-Sectional, Case-Control Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3982-2031","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Svetlana","family":"Blitshteyn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA"},{"name":"Dysautonomia Clinic, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Lange","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chelsea","family":"Corinaldi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paige","family":"Guy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jill","family":"Brook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dysautonomia Clinic, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1831","DOI":"10.2147\/IJWH.S366667","article-title":"POTS and Pregnancy: A Review of Literature and Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment","volume":"14","author":"Morgan","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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