Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients.

Variable	Placebo (n = 28)	Nano-curcumin (n = 27)	P value
Age (years)	53.85 ± 10.48†	50.48 ± 12.07†	0.27
Gender (Male, %)	12 (42.9%)	16 (59.3%)	0.22
Height (cm)	164.62 ± 11.65†	169.12 ± 10.01†	0.13
Diabetes (%)	11 (39.3%)	11 (40.7%)	0.91
Physical activity (MET-hr/day)	29.66 ± 2.93†	31.17 ± 3.25†	0.07
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.85 ± 0.14†	0.89 ± 0.20†	0.42

Qualitative data were analyzed using the Pearson Chi-Square test, while quantitative data were analyzed using the Independent Sample t-test.

^†Mean ± Standard Deviation.