Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of demographic data and baseline scores for both treatment groups

Variable	Nimesulide/pantoprazole (n=245)	Naproxen/esomeprazole (n=245)	P-value
Female (n, %)	221 (90.2)	214 (87.3)	0.31
Age (years, mean ± SD)	48.14±13.63	49.37±14.34	0.33
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)	29.98±5.27	29.80±6.57	0.13
WOMAC pain score	64.66±12.36	64.15±13.60	0.66
(mean ± SD)
VAS for dyspeptic	49.55±22.32	50.57±20.42	0.60
symptoms (mean ± SD)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; VAS, visual analog scale; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.