TABLE 3.

Baseline characteristics of participants.

Measurements (Unit)	Banha-Sasim-Tang (n = 15)	Placebo (n = 16)	p-value
Age (yr)	47.07 ± 12.24	50.0 6 ± 10.82	0.61 a
Male/Female	4/11	7/9	0.34 b
Body weight (kg)	57.99 ± 10.67	62.36 ± 13.04	0.27 a
Height (cm)	162.16 ± 7.48	163.53 ± 10.35	0.26 a
BMI (kg/m2)	21.97 ± 3.13	22.84 ± 2.44	0.34 a
NDI-K	79.60 ± 30.27	68.25 ± 27.32	0.52 a
VAS (cm)	7.57 ± 1.03	6.64 ± 1.63	0.09 a
Total ghrelin (pmol/L)	620.61 ± 429.04	515.37 ± 488.65	0.53 a
Acyl-ghrelin (pmol/L)	166.09 ± 198.34	235.89 ± 326.30	0.48 a
Des-acyl-ghrelin (pmol/L)	454.54 ± 348.43	279.48 ± 292.73	0.14 a

BMI; body mass index. Scores are marked in (means ± SD).

^aIndependent t-test

^bPearson’s chi-square test