Table 1.

Demographics of study participants

Subject characteristic	Chitosan (N = 64)	Placebo (N = 32)
Age (years) [range]	35.53 ± 11.23 [19–63]	36.28 ± 10.49 [18–56]
Gender (male /female)	M = 25; F = 39	M = 11; F = 21
Weight (Kg) [range]	80.13 ± 11.47 [54.0–106.5]	80.54 ± 12.68 [59.8–116.0]
Height (M) [range]	1.61 ± 0.10 [1.38–1.82]	1.61 ± 0.09 [1.47–1.83]

Values are expressed as Mean ± Standard deviation (SD). Gender expressed as absolute number. N = number of patients. Data are presented as descriptive statistics