. 2025 Aug 21;15:30793. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16092-4

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of samples, turmeric, ginger and placebo groups.

Group Characteristics		Turmeric	Ginger	Placebo	P-Value
Group Characteristics		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	P-Value
Gender	Male	21(48.8)	17(3905)	17(40.5)	0.632 ^a
Gender	Female	22(51.2)	26(60.5)	25(59.5)	0.632 ^a
Marital status	Single	11(25.6)	5(11.6)	7(16.7)	0.233 ^a
Marital status	Married	32(74.4)	38(88.4)	35(83.3)	0.233 ^a
Underlying conditions	Yes	37(86)	30(69.8)	34(81)	0.167 ^a
Underlying conditions	No	6(14)	13(30.2)	8(19)	0.167 ^a
Duration of symptoms (day)	1–5	26(60.5)	27(62.8)	33(78.6)	0.065^b
Duration of symptoms (day)	6–10	17(39.5)	14(32.6)	9(21.4)	0.065^b
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age (years)		37.3 ± 15.1	45.6 ± 14	40.6 ± 12.9	0.023^c
BMI^d		24.6 ± 3.7	25.5 ± 4.2	25.5 ± 3.5	0.463^c

^a Chi-square; ^b Kruskal-Wallis test; ^c ANOVA test; ^d Body mass index; P < 0.05 was considered significant in all cases.