Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients

Variable		Treatment Group
		Saffron (n=34)				Placebo (n=34)
		Mean	SD	Count	%	Mean	SD	Count	%
Age, years		37	9			37	7
Marital age, years		15.2	9.3			15.3	8.9
Education	Below high-school			13	38.2			19	55.9
	high-school			13	38.2			10	29.4
	academic			8	23.5			5	14.7
FSFI domain	total	14.04	2.7			13.76	2.34
	desire	1.97	0.85			2.08	0.62
	arousal	1.81	0.66			1.81	0.70
	lubrication	2.54	1.17			2.40	0.83
	orgasm	2.00	0.86			2.11	0.63
	satisfaction	2.05	0.89			2.23	0.92
	pain	3.32	1.75			3.15	1.24

SD: Standard deviation, FSFI: Female sexual function index