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Table 2.

General characteristics of the participants (n = 385)

	FSD group (n = 158)	Control group (n = 227)	p
Age	29 [25–34.2]	28 [24–32]	0.550 ^a
Area of residence: Rural Urban	26 (43.3%) 132 (40.6%)	34 (56.7%) 193 (59.4%)	0.694 ^b
Education: College Junior college High school Primary school	115 (40.1%) 6 (42.9%) 27 (44.3%) 10 (43.5%)	172 (59.9%) 8 (57.1%) 34 (55.7%) 13 (56.5%)	0.930 ^b
Marital status: Married In a stable relationship Single	88 (41.1%) 56 (39.4%) 14 (48.3%)	126 (58.9%) 86 (60.6%) 15 (51.7%)	0.677 ^b
Religion: Agnostic Atheist Catholic Orthodox Protestant	0 0 16 (53.3%) 138 (41.6%) 4 (26.7%)	4 (100%) 4 (100%) 14 (46.7%) 194 (58.4%) 11 (73.3%)	0.301^b
Occupation: Employee Housewife Unemployed Student	123 (40.5%) 11 (39.3%) 7 (36.8%) 17 (50%)	181 (59.5%) 17 (60.7%) 12 (63.2%) 17 (50%)	0.719 ^b
Desire Arousal Lubrication Orgasm Satisfaction Pain Total FSFI-RO Score	3 [2.4–3.6] 3.3 [2.4–3.9] 4.2 [3.3–4.8] 2.8 [1.6–4] 3.6 [2.4–4.8] 4.4 [2.8–5.6] 21.9 [17.5–24.4]	4.2 [3.6–4.8] 5.4 [4.8–5.7] 5.7 [5.1–6] 5.2 [4.8–6] 5.2 [4.8–6] 6 [4.8–6] 30.8 [28.7–32.4]	< 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a < 0.001 ^a

FSD group
(n = 158)

Control group
(n = 227)

Age

29 [25–34.2]

28 [24–32]

0.550 ^a

Area of residence: Rural

Urban

26 (43.3%)

132 (40.6%)

34 (56.7%)

193 (59.4%)

0.694 ^b

Education: College

Junior college

High school

Primary school

115 (40.1%)

6 (42.9%)

27 (44.3%)

10 (43.5%)

172 (59.9%)

8 (57.1%)

34 (55.7%)

13 (56.5%)

0.930 ^b

Marital status: Married

In a stable relationship

Single

88 (41.1%)

56 (39.4%)

14 (48.3%)

126 (58.9%)

86 (60.6%)

15 (51.7%)

0.677 ^b

Religion: Agnostic

Atheist

Catholic

Orthodox

Protestant

16 (53.3%)

138 (41.6%)

4 (26.7%)

4 (100%)

14 (46.7%)

194 (58.4%)

11 (73.3%)

0.301^b

Occupation: Employee

Housewife

Unemployed

Student

123 (40.5%)

11 (39.3%)

7 (36.8%)

17 (50%)

181 (59.5%)

17 (60.7%)

12 (63.2%)

17 (50%)

0.719 ^b

Desire

Arousal

Lubrication

Orgasm

Satisfaction

Pain

Total FSFI-RO Score

3 [2.4–3.6]

3.3 [2.4–3.9]

4.2 [3.3–4.8]

2.8 [1.6–4]

3.6 [2.4–4.8]

4.4 [2.8–5.6]

21.9 [17.5–24.4]

4.2 [3.6–4.8]

5.4 [4.8–5.7]

5.7 [5.1–6]

5.2 [4.8–6]

6 [4.8–6]

30.8 [28.7–32.4]

< 0.001 ^a

FSD: Female Sexual Dysfunction; FSFI-RO: Female Sexual Function Index Romanian Version;

^a – Mann-Whitney U test; ^b – Chi-square test;

Numeric variables were presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) or median and quartiles [Q1-Q3], and categorical variables were presented as frequency and percentages.