Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants According to Treatment Group

Characteristic	Curcumin	Placebo
	N=21	N=23
Age (yr)	44.5± 15.4	38.7 ± 15.0
Sex-no. (%)
Male	7 (33)	9 (39)
Female	14 (67)	14 (61)
Race-no. (%)
White	10 (48)	11 (48)
Hispanic	11 (52)	11 (48)
Black	0 (0)	1 (4)
Institution-no. (%)
Site 1 (JHH)	11 (52)	12 (52)
Site 2 (PR)	10 (48)	11 (48)
Surgical Status-no. (%)
Intact	3 (14)	4 (17)
Rectum (IRA)	6 (29)	12 (52)
Pouch (IAP)	12 (57)	7 (31)
Baseline no. of polyps	23.3 ± 19.7	18.7 ± 13.1
Baseline size of polyps (mm)	3.1 ± 1.7	2.3 ± 0.6

JHH= Johns Hopkins site

PR= University of Puerto Rico site

IRA= Colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis

IAP= Protocolectomy with ileoanal pull through