Table 3 |
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Baseline demographics |
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Measurement |
Placebo N = 14 |
Aquamin N = 8 |
P values* |
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Gender (F/M) |
8/6 |
7/1 |
0.141 |
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Age |
62.9 (11.4)** |
62.5 (5.3) |
0.934 |
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Height |
68.3 (3.8) |
65.5 (3.7) |
0.144 |
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Weight |
94 (24) |
91 (23) |
0.753 |
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Systolic Blood Pressure |
142 (22) |
133 (23) |
0.394 |
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Diastolic Blood Pressure |
83 (13) |
78 (12) |
0.414 |
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Pulse |
69 (17) |
78 (13) |
0.183 |
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Temperature |
97.9 (1.0) |
97.9 (0.4) |
0.857 |
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WOMAC – pain |
60 (15) |
54 (17) |
0.428 |
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WOMAC – stiffness |
54 (21) |
45 (15) |
0.294 |
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WOMAC – activity |
57 (18) |
49 (19) |
0.327 |
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WOMAC – composite |
58 (16) |
50 (18) |
0.318 |
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ROM – PF |
76 (6) |
73 (6) |
0.661 |
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ROM – AF |
78 (14) |
73 (16) |
0.471 |
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ROM – PE |
170 (6) |
172 (6) |
0.497 |
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ROM – AE |
170 (6) |
172 (6) |
0.497 |
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6 MWD |
1289 (281) |
1318 (267) |
0.819 |
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*P value based on t-test with equal variance assumed (except gender which was analysed with chi square analysis). **except for gender, values are given as the Mean (standard deviation) |
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Frestedt et al. Nutrition Journal 2009 8:7 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-7 |
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