Chinese herbal recipe versus diclofenac in symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN70292892]

Table 2 Demographic data and base-line data for the major outcome assessments of participants evaluated at the end of a run-in period (week 0).

	Treatment groups
Characteristics	DJW	Diclofenac	p value
n (M:F)	100 (22:78)	100 (19:81)	NS
Age (y)*	62.66 (9.46)	62.38 (8.22)	NS
Body weight (kg)*	60.47 (10.34)	60.13 (10.89)	NS
Height (m)*	1.51 (0.07)	1.51 (0.07)	NS
BMI (kg/m²)*	26.52 (4.38)	26.35 (3.85)	NS
Duration of OA (y)*	5.46 (5.48)	4.79 (4.24)	NS
Localization of OA			NS
Right knee	17	17
Left knee	14	14
Both knees	69	69
VAS the assessed pain (mm)*
Walking pain	64.53 (24.92)	64.78 (25.14)	NS
Standing pain	52.42 (25.87)	53.52 (24.69)	NS
Pain during climbing up and down stairs	63.08 (20.87)	62.69 (23.21)	NS
Night pain	50.15 (26.74)	48.45 (28.18)	NS
Resting pain	38.48 (22.09)	37.12 (26.08)	NS
Total pain^a	268.65 (88.87)	266.55 (89.33)	NS
Pain during the most painful knee movement	82.25 (16.15)	81.17 (16.56)	NS
VAS that assessed stiffness (mm)*
Morning stiffness	53.53 (27.38)	58.32 (26.40)	NS
Stiffness after rest	68.52 (22.76)	70.45 (22.32)	NS
Total stiffness^b	122.05 (41.98)	128.76 (42.34)	NS
Lequesne's functional index*	14.20 (3.13)	14.80 (2.61)	NS
Time for climbing up 10 steps*	13.44 (4.85)	13.32 (5.10)	NS

*Data represent mean (SD). ^aSummation of VAS that assessed walking pain, standing pain, pain during climbing up and down stairs, night pain and resting pain. ^bSummation of VAS that assessed morning stiffness and stiffness after rest. NS: no statistical significance.

ISSN: 2662-7671