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Table 1 Demographics characteristics of participants at the baseline of study

From: The effect of Melissa officinalis syrup on patients with mild to moderate psoriasis: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

Variables

Intervention group

(nā€‰=ā€‰50)

Control group

(nā€‰=ā€‰50)

p-value

Age (year)

39.52ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.57

39.29ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.03

0.933a

Height (cm)

166.97ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.54

169.27ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.54

0.361

Weight (Kg)

72.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰23.14

72.27ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.70

0.956

BMI (Kg/m2)

25.81ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.29

25.01ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.51

0.526

Gender

Ā Ā 

0.217

Ā Male

18 (37.5%)

24 (50.0%)

Ā 

Ā Female

30 (62.5%)

24 (50.0%)

Ā 

Smoking

Ā Ā 

0.136

Ā Yes

4 (8.3%)

9 (18.8%)

Ā 

Ā No

44 (91.7)

39 (81.2%)

Ā 

Alcohol

Ā Ā 

0.242

Ā Yes

3 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

Ā 

Ā No

45 (93.8%)

48 (100%)

Ā 

History of diseases

Ā Ā 

0.066

Ā Yes

17(35.4%)

9 (18.8%)

Ā 

Ā No

31 (64.6%)

39 (81.2%)

Ā 

Comorbidity

Ā Ā 

0.789

Ā Yes

9 (18.8%)

8 (16.7%)

Ā 

Ā No

39 (81.2%)

40 (83.3%)

Ā 

History of medication

Ā Ā 

1.00

Ā Yes

44 (91.7%)

45 (93.8%)

Ā 

Ā No

4 (8.3%)

3 (6.2%)

Ā 

Duration of disease

Ā Ā 

0.440

Ā <ā€‰1Ā years

6 (12.5%)

9 (18.7%)

Ā 

Ā 1ā€“5Ā years

13 (27.1%)

13 (27.2%)

Ā 

Ā 5ā€“15Ā years

16 (33.3%)

11 (22.9%)

Ā 

Ā >ā€‰15Ā years

13 (27.1%)

15 (31.2%)

Ā 

Numbers of area

Ā Ā 

0.146

Ā 1

8 (16.6%)

16 (33.3%)

Ā 

Ā 2

9 (18.7%)

13 (27.1%)

Ā 

Ā 3

12 (25.0%)

8 (16.7%)

Ā 

Ā 4

8 (16.6%)

5 (10.4%)

Ā 

Ā ā‰„ā€‰5

11 (22.1%)

6 (12.5%)

Ā 
  1. Values are presented as meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD for quantitative variables and n (%) for qualitative variables
  2. aP-value is calculated by the independent t-test
  3. bP-value is calculated by and Chi-square test