Laboratory parameter | Curcumin (N = 70) | Diclofenac (N = 69) | P value# | ||||
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Before treatment | After treatment | P value* | Before treatment | After treatment | P value* | ||
Hemoglobin, gm/dL | 14.67 ± 0.37 | 14.67 ± 0.36 | 0.29 | 14.67 ± 0.35 | 14.74 ± 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.37 |
Red blood cell count, million/mm3 | 5.01 ± 0.32 | 5.06 ± 0.31 | 0.06 | 5.06 ± 0.34 | 5.12 ± 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.29 |
Total white blood cell count, /mm3 | 7577.14 ± 1723.26 | 7841.43 ± 1512.60 | 0.14 | 7633.33 ± 1841.09 | 7682.61 ± 1603.76 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
Red cell absolute values | Â | Â | |||||
Packed cell volume % | 44.79 ± 2.72 | 45.06 ± 2.51 | 0.51 | 44.86 ± 2.88 | 45.38 ± 2.77 | < 0.01 | 0.40 |
Mean corpuscular volume, cubic microns | 80.56 ± 3.13 | 80.91 ± 2.91 | 0.14 | 81.20 ± 3.47 | 81.50 ± 3.45 | 0.06 | 0.46 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, picograms | 29.02 ± 1.34 | 29.23 ± 1.23 | 0.06 | 29.17 ± 1.52 | 29.29 ± 1.39 | 0.17 | 0.82 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/dL | 33.62 ± 0.89 | 33.66 ± 0.82 | 0.69 | 33.68 ± 0.97 | 33.74 ± 0.97 | 0.15 | 0.42 |
Differential count | |||||||
Neutrophils % | 48.67 ± 4.84 | 49.08 ± 4.72 | 0.58 | 48.85 ± 4.45 | 49.81 ± 4.68 | 0.03 | 0.43 |
Lymphocytes % | 28.58 ± 5.24 | 28.99 ± 5.09 | 0.50 | 28.30 ± 4.74 | 29.19 ± 4.86 | 0.06 | 0.80 |
Eosinophil % | 3.57 ± 0.58 | 3.39 ± 0.55 | 0.10 | 3.61 ± 0.57 | 3.52 ± 0.58 | 0.48 | 0.15 |
Monocytes % | 3.96 ± 0.91 | 4.06 ± 0.80 | 0.50 | 4.03 ± 0.74 | 4.09 ± 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.81 |
Basophils % | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Peripheral smear examination | |||||||
Platelets, /mm3 | 269,757.1 ± 55,561.02 | 268,514.3 ± 57,049.62 | 0.72 | 286,942 ± 49,707.34 | 279,956.5 ± 60,135.25 | 0.37 | 0.30 |
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, /hr | 13.06 ± 2.90 | 12.86 ± 2.59 | 0.59 | 12.88 ± 2.83 | 12.93 ± 2.82 | 0.78 | 0.82 |
Biochemistry | |||||||
Serum creatinine, mg/dL | 0.88 ± 0.27 | 0.91 ± 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.93 ± 0.30 | 0.96 ± 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.41 |
Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), IU/L | 22.71 ± 5.26 | 23.6 ± 4.75 | 0.42 | 25 ± 4.81 | 23.71 ± 5.45 | 0.13 | 0.98 |
Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), IU/L | 23.6 ± 4.17 | 23.79 ± 3.51 | 0.76t | 25.12 ± 4.19 | 24.15 ± 4.04 | 0.12 | 0.71 |