Research Article
Efficacy and Safety of Sahastara Remedy Extract Capsule in Primary Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-Blinded Active-Controlled Trial
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of volunteers.
| | Characteristics | Sahastara (n = 32) | Diclofenac (n = 31) | value |
| | Female, no. (%) | 29 (87.87) | 30 (90.90) | 0.68C |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 58.48 (6.98) | 59.00 (6.1) | 0.75t |
| | Weight (Kg), mean (SD) | 64.15 (7.6) | 60.53 (9.9) | 0.10t |
| | Height (cm), mean (SD) | 1.52 (0.08) | 1.54 (0.06) | 0.23m |
| | BMI, mean (SD) | 27.55 (3.45) | 25.25 (4.13) | 0.19m |
| | Walk 100 meters | | Knee pain level VAS (mm), mean (SD) | 57.84 (2.19) | 54.61 (14.50) | 0.28t | | 100 meters walk duration. (m/s), mean (SD) | 138.86 (40.38) | 130.41 (5.96) | 0.44m |
| | WOMAC index, mean (SD) | | Pain index | 8.33 (2.23) | 8.15 (4.21) | 0.23m | | Stiffness index | 1.72 (1.79) | 1.71 (1.95) | 0.83m | | Physical index | 32.66 (8.77) | 30.93 (10.83) | 0.44m | | Total score | 42.72 (10.53) | 40.81 (15.27) | 0.27m |
| | Kellgren and Lawrence X-ray grade | | Grade 1 | 7 (21.88) | 4 (12.90) | | | Grade 2 | 7 (21.88) | 15 (48.39) | 0.10C | | Grade 3 | 18 (56.25) | 12 (38.70) | | | Total | 32 (100) | 31 (100) | |
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Statistical analysis. tIndependent sample t test; cchi-square test; m = Mann–Whitney U test. |
