Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Benjakul Remedy Extract for Treating Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee Compared with Diclofenac: Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of patients.
BJK recipe
Diclofenac
Female, number (%)
38 (90.5)
39 (92.9)
Age; yrs, mean (SD)
61.67 (7.3)
63.5 (8.19)
Weight; kg., mean (SD)
66.14 (9.48)
64.31 (10.03)
Height; cm., mean (SD)
155.76 (7.12)
155.31 (8.17)
BMI; Kg/m2, mean (SD)
27.23 (3.07)
26.62 (3.28)
Visual analogue scale (VAS; mm., mean (SD))
31.02 (21.54)
36.05 (22.69)
100-meter walking time; sec., mean (SD)
124.19 (24.31)
131.6 (33.56)
WOMAC index score, mean (SD)
Pain index
16.19 (7.16)
18.69 (7.06)
Stiff index
5.4 (3.47)
7.48 (5.08)
Physical function index
49.73 (19.93)
59.8 (26.19)
Total score
71.49 (27.64)
85.68 (35.5)
Laboratory data, mean (SD)
Blood pressure
Systolic (mm⋅Hg)
126.6 (12.82)
126.26 (17.24)
Diastolic (mm⋅Hg)
81.9 (9.23)
78.31 (8.5)
Renal function tests
BUN (mg/dL)
13.24 (3.7)
13.3 (3.4)
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.71 (0.19)
0.71 (0.17)
Liver function tests
AST (U/L)
23.6 (10.68)
23.12 (8.27)
ALT (U/L)
39.6 (12.2)
40.69 (15.1)
ALP (U/L)
90.45 (18.19)
90.38 (22.6)
represent mean (SD), analysis: two-sample Student’s -test, U test. Chi-square test.
