Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data at baseline.
| Variables | Study Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo (n = 30) |
Boswellia (n = 29) |
AvailOm® (n = 31) |
Boswellia + AvailOm® (n = 30) |
Total (n = 120) |
p Value |
|
| Age, years | 50.2 ± 8.1 | 50.5 ± 8.2 | 51.1 ± 6.8 | 53.2 ± 10.1 | 51.3 ± 8.4 | 0.510 |
| Weight, kg | 80.1 ± 15.6 | 76.1 ± 17.9 | 76.4 ± 14.7 | 76.4 ± 14.1 | 77.2 ± 15.5 | 0.717 |
| Fat mass, % | 28.5 ± 8.4 | 28.8 ± 7.4 | 29.0 ± 8.2 | 30.8 ± 8.4 | 29.3 ± 8.1 | 0.680 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 27.0 ± 3.5 | 25.8 ± 4.3 | 26.3 ± 3.7 | 26.9 ± 3.4 | 26.5 ± 3.7 | 0.562 |
| Systolic BP, mmHg | 124.4 ± 17.6 | 118.8 ± 20.6 | 120.9 ± 11.5 | 121.0 ± 15.1 | 121.3 ± 16.4 | 0.625 |
| Diastolic BP, mmHg | 79.6 ± 11.1 | 76.0 ± 12.7 | 78.0 ± 9.1 | 80.2 ± 11.1 | 78.5 ± 11.0 | 0.481 |
| VAS score, cm | 5.0 ± 1.7 | 5.5 ± 1.8 | 5.4 ±1.5 | 5.3 ± 1.9 | 5.3 ± 1.7 | 0.896 |
Data as mean ± standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; VAS: visual analog scale.