Table 4.
Comparison of anti-flatulent and weight-lowering activity
| Visit | Curcumin (N = 70) |
Diclofenac (N = 69) |
P valuem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-flatulent activity | N = 25 | N = 25 | – |
| At baseline | 12.04 ± 2.17 | 11.32 ± 2.21 | 0.29 |
| Day 7 | 2.32 ± 1.11 | 10.8 ± 2.1 | <0.01 |
| Weight-lowering activity | N = 70 | N = 69 | – |
| At baseline | 61.37 ± 5.46 | 63.51 ± 5.19 | 0.02 |
| Day 28 | 60.36 ± 5.19 | 63.39 ± 5.21 | <0.01 |
| Change from baseline (at day 28) | 1.01 ± 0.81 | 0.12 ± 0.70 | <0.01 |
| P value of weight-lowering activitywc | P <0.01 | P = 0.22 |
Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test (wc) and Mann–Whitney test (m). N = number of patients in each group. P <0.05 is considered a statistically significant difference