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Table 4 Comparison of anti-flatulent and weight-lowering activity

From: Safety and efficacy of curcumin versus diclofenac in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized open-label parallel-arm study

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Curcumin

(N = 70)

Diclofenac

(N = 69)

P valuem

Anti-flatulent activity

N = 25

N = 25

–

At baseline

12.04 ± 2.17

11.32 ± 2.21

0.29

Day 7

2.32 ± 1.11

10.8 ± 2.1

<0.01

Weight-lowering activity

N = 70

N = 69

–

At baseline

61.37 ± 5.46

63.51 ± 5.19

0.02

Day 28

60.36 ± 5.19

63.39 ± 5.21

<0.01

Change from baseline (at day 28)

1.01 ± 0.81

0.12 ± 0.70

<0.01

P value of weight-lowering activitywc

P <0.01

P = 0.22

 
  1. Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test (wc) and Mann–Whitney test (m). N = number of patients in each group. P <0.05 is considered a statistically significant difference