Evaluation of the Effect of Cichorium intybus L. on the Liver Enzymes in Burn Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial

Table 1

The baseline and demographic variables in intervention and control groups.

Variables	Group	Number	Percent	value
Gender	Control	Male: 13	59.1		0.537
		Female: 9	40.9
	Intervention	Male: 9	45
		Female: 11	55
	Group	Number	Mean	SD	value
Age (year)	Control	22	40.1364	10.02993	0.849
	Intervention	20	40.8750	13.66687	0.856
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	Control	22	15.0714	0.49829	0.572
	Intervention	20	14.6800	0.47064	0.571
WBC^1 (4.5 to 11.0 × 10^9/L)	Control	22	14.0678	1.17767	0.287
	Intervention	20	12.4950	0.83466	0.283
Platelet (150 to 450 × 10^9/L)	Control	22	278.3333	17.56530	0.236
	Intervention	20	313.6000	23.72700	0.240
BUN^2 (mg/dL)	Control	22	13.7143	1.07288	0.277
	Intervention	20	11.9900	1.13883	0.277
Cr^3 (mg/dL)	Control	22	1.0048	0.04363	0.997
	Intervention	20	1.0050	0.03657	0.997
Na^4 (mEq/L)	Control	22	139.7143	0.69742	0.236
	Intervention	20	138.5000	0.73090	0.237
K^5 (mEq/L)	Control	22	3.7667	0.06223	0.327
	Intervention	20	3.8850	0.10318	0.334
Bs^6 (mg/dL)	Control	22	121.7619	4.50339	0.291
	Intervention	20	137.5500	14.36140	0.305

¹White blood cell. ²Blood urea nitrogen. ³Creatinine. ⁴Blood sodium. ⁵Potassium. ⁶Blood sugar.