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Objective To translate the Female Sexual Function Index(FSFI) into Chinese and establish its psychometric properties among ordinary Chinese people and diabetes patients.Methods A two-phase study design was applied.The Chinese version of FSFI was established by translation and back translation,then the reliability and validity of the FSFI were evaluated.Results The content validity coefficient of FSFI was 0.953.The test-retest reliability in each dimension had good correlations (r value was 0.817～0.922),with the highest correlation coefficient in vaginal lubrication dimension (0.922) and arousal dimension the minimum (0.817).In all samples (including diabetes and non diabetes) a reliability coefficients of the Cronbach alpha of each dimension was from 0.760 to 0.874.The Cronbach alpha of each dimension for the diabetic group was from 0.783 to 0.882,and from 0.757 to 0.865 in the non-diabetes group.Pearson correlation of each dimension was very good in total samples,the diabetes group,and the non-diabetes group.Conclusions The psychometric properties of the FSFI demonstrated satisfactory validity and reliability.The Chinese version of FSFI is a reliable and valid measure to evaluate the sexual function in Chinese women.
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Obesity and its related metabolic diseases become major health problems in the world.Adipose tissue plays an important role in the development of obesity.FSP27,a member of the CIDE family proteins,is expressed at high levels in white adipose tissue and differentiated 3T3L1 cells.The objective of current study is to establish a FSP27 knockdown preadipocyte cell line to investigate the in vivo function of mouse FSP27.The double strand siRNA of mouse FSP27 corresponding to nucleotides 270 to 291 was synthesized and inserted into pSilencer2.1.pSilencer-siFSP27 was co-transfected into 293T cells with the HA-mFSP27 expression vector to test its knock-down efficiency.The FSP27 siRNA was then transferred to a lentiviral vector.Lentivirus were generated and used to infect 3T3-L1 cells.It was shown here that lentivirus containing FSP27siRNA can effectively knockdown FSP27 expression in 3T3-L1 cells.Establishment of FSP27 knock-down cell line provides a useful tool for the study of in vivo function FSP27.