3.1. Comparisons of baseline information
knee osteoarthritis
KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
The participants in the experimental and control groups were similar in baseline information at the intention-to-treat step. The homogeneity of the baseline and medical information was checked between the lost to follow-up patients and study groups to examine the successfulness of the randomization. The patients in the control, experimental, and lost-to-follow-up groups were similar in general and medical information, as shown in Table Comparisons of baseline information of patients with knee osteoarthritis among study group (per-protocol approach).BMI = body mass index.ANOVA 1-way.Pearson chi-squared tests were performed for statistical analyses.