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Table 2 Physical and laboratory outcomes (mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated)

From: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and safety of a novel green-lipped mussel extract -BioLex® -for managing pain in moderate to severe osteoarthritis of the hip and knee

 

n

Biolex-GLM

Control

p-value

Week

 

0

12

0

12

 

Walking (sec)

62

42.7

(12.3)

39.5

(8.9)

41.1

(8.3)

39.2

(6.6)

0.812

Dynamic balance (sec)

50

31.9

(10.7)

28.5

(8.3)

27.8

(9.3)

24.1

(5.9)

0.165

Dynamic balance errors

50

1.6

(2.1)

2.0

(2.2)

1.7

(1.7)

1.2

(1.7)

0.279

Stair climb (sec)

60

13.2

(6.2)

10.2

(4.2)

11.6

(4.7)

10.9

(4.5)

0.207

Sit-to-stand

59

9.3

(3.3)

9.7

(2.8)

9.1

(2.9)

10.6

(2.6)

0.406

Systolic blood pressure

65

133.0

(20.5)

128.0

(25.1)

139.0

(19.2)

133.0

(21.2)

0.858

Diastolic blood pressure

65

77.5

(13.7)

74.9

(14.5)

78.0

(9.1)

78.0

(12.2)

0.140

Cholesterol

41

5.2

(1.1)

5.2

(1.0)

4.8

(0.9)

4.9

(0.8)

0.382

HDL

41

1.5

(0.5)

1.6

(0.4)

1.5

(0.4)

1.6

(0.5)

0.771

Cholesterol:HDL

41

3.6

(0.8)

3.3

(0.8)

3.3

(1.2)

3.3

(1.0)

0.154

LDL

41

3.1

(0.9)

3.0

(0.8)

2.7

(0.8)

2.7

(0.7)

0.291

CRPa

64

1.9

(2.1)

1.7

(2.2)

1.9

(2.0)

2.0

(2.1)

0.297

Trigylceridesa

41

1.3

(1.5)

1.2

(1.5)

1.3

(1.7)

1.2

(1.6)

0.994

  1. aGeometric mean and geometric standard deviation