Table 1 Sexual Function among CAH Women: Relationships with genotype* and surgery

Clitoral sensitivity

Highest for nerve sparing and clitoral placement

No difference between no surgery and partial resection

Poorest with subcutaneous clitoral placement/partial resection

Ability to achieve orgasm

Did not correlate with sensitivity

Not different between genotype groups or from controls

Sexual function score

Score correlated with severity of genotype

(9 aspects of sexual life)

Lowest in null phenotype group

Lower in null and 12-splice phenotype than controls

Satisfaction with sexual life

No difference between CAH women and controls

CAH group with null phenotype (who had more surgical complications) differed from other phenotypes

Satisfaction did not correlate with ability to orgasm