Variable | Saffron + Vitamin E (n = 23) Mean (SDc) | Vitamin E + Placebo of saffron (n = 22) Mean (SDc) | Mean difference (95% CId); P |
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Total FSFI (Score range: 2 to 36) |  | 4.6 (3.1 to 6.1); p < 0.001b | |
 Baseline | 22.6 (3.7) | 24.0 (2.9) | -1.3 (3.2- to 0.6); p = 0.177a |
 4 weeks after intervention | 28.3 (2.7) | 25.1 (3.9) | 3.9 (2.3 to 5.6); p < 0.001a |
 8 weeks after intervention | 30.9 (2.1) | 26.6 (3.6) | 5.1 (3.7 to 6.4); p < 0.001a |
 4 weeks after the end of intervention | 28.6 (3.2) | 24.8 (4.0) | 4.8 (3.2 to 6.5); p < 0.001a |
Stress (Score range: 0 to 21) |  |  | -2.3 (-3.1 to -1.5); p < 0.001b |
 Baseline | 7.8 (3.6) | 8.3 (3.8) | -0.6 (-2.5 to 1.3); p = 0.544a |
 4 weeks after intervention | 5.4 (2.3) | 7.5 (3.0) | -1.7 (-2.7 to -0.7); p < 0.001a |
 8 weeks after intervention | 3.8 (1.8) | 6.8 (2.9) | -2.8 (-4.0 to -1.7); p < 0.001a |
 4 weeks after the end of intervention | 4.8 (2.1) | 7.4 (2.8) | -2.4 (-3.3 to -1.5); p < 0.001a |