Table 3.

Comparison of the mean percentage of vaginal mucus cells in the licorice and placebo groups before and after the treatment.

Vaginal mucus cells	Group Follow-up time	Licorice	Placebo	p-value
		n = 35	n = 35
		M±SD	M±SD
Surface cells	Before therapy	7.9 ± 9.12	6.2 ± 9.14	0.80
	After therapy	23.9 ± 67.81	24.9 ± 32.7	0.001
	P-value	0.001	0.001
Intermediate cells	Before therapy	11.87 ± 18.39	14.4 ± 21.5	0.26
	After therapy	30.2 ± 32.9	15.7 ± 27.8	0.001
	P-value	0.01	0.03
Base cells	Before therapy	14.6 ± 73.12	16.33 ± 69.28	0.21
	After therapy	7.3 ± 6.24	23.4 ± 36.2	0.001
	P-value	0.001	0.001