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Table 5 Global assessment by physicians and patients after study drug treatment

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

Global assessment rating

Physician’s global assessment

Patient’s global assessment

Curcumin

(N = 70)

n (%)

Diclofenac

(N = 69)

n (%)

Curcumin

(N = 70)

n (%)

Diclofenac

(N = 69)

n (%)

Excellent

10 (14)

10 (14)

11 (16)

12 (17)

Good

56 (80)

54 (78)

54 (77)

52 (75)

Fair

1 (1)

1 (1)

2 (3)

1 (1)

Poor

3 (4)

4 (6)

3 (4)

4 (6)

P value

>0.05

>0.05

  1. Values are expressed as absolute number of patients (percentage) in each category. Data were analyzed by chi-squared test. P <0.05 is considered a statistically significant difference. Abbreviations: n number of patients in each category, N total number of patients in each treatment group