Table 3.

Pairwise comparisons of the mean difference scores of inflammatory factors before and after the intervention between research groups.

Groups	CRP		ESR
	Mean Difference	P-Value a	Mean Difference	P-Value a
Turmeric vs. Ginger	−3.6	0.263	−0.74	> 0.99
Turmeric vs. Placebo	5.3	0.001	5.04	0.002
Ginger vs. Placebo	8.9	0.001	5.78	< 0.001

^a Bonferroni post hoc test; P values were corrected for pairwise comparisons between the groups; P < 0.05 was considered significant in all cases.