Table 4.

Comparison of the WOMAC scale in Teltonal and meloxicam groups.

WOMAC scale	Time	Teltonal (mean ± SD)	Meloxicam (mean ± SD)	P value (between groups)
Total score	Baseline	41.93 ± 13.79	43.13 ± 15.97	0.67
	2nd week	30.66 ± 9.64	27.33 ± 10.36	0.50
	4th week	24.93 ± 8.76	27.46 ± 15.31	0.57
	8th week	25.73 ± 10.11	26.20 ± 13.94	0.23
P value (within groups)		0.001	0.001
Pain	Baseline	10.00 ± 3.07	10.46 ± 2.99	0.67
	2nd week	6.8 ± 2.51	6.26 ± 1.79	0.50
	4th week	5.00 ± 2.09	6.20 ± 3.52	0.57
	8th week	5.06 ± 2.34	6.20 ± 2.75	0.23
P value (within groups)		0.001	0.001
Stiffness	Baseline	1.80 ± 1.74	1.53 ± 1.55	0.68
	2nd week	1.24 ± 1.13	1.48 ± 1.06	0.65
	4th week	0.93 ± 0.96	1.09 ± 0.73	0.40
	8th week	1.00 ± 1.00	1.09 ± 0.73	0.41
P value (within groups)		0.09	0.02
Function	Baseline	30.13 ± 10.40	31.13 ± 12.26	0.81
	2nd week	22.73 ± 7.26	20.00 ± 8.34	0.34
	4th week	18.40 ± 6.64	20.53 ± 11.83	0.54
	8th week	19.66 ± 7.45	19.26 ± 11.41	0.91
P value (within groups)		0.01	0.001

WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index; SD, standard deviation.