3. Results
rheumatoid arthritis, nausea, diabetes, dry mouth, dyslipidemia
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, DIABETES, DYSLIPIDEMIA, HYPERTENSION, DISEASES, DRY MOUTH
Of the 76 people who were willing to enter the study and met the inclusion criteria, three people in the curcumin group dropped out due to unwillingness to continue, two due to being transferred to another hospital, and three withdrew due to side effects (one with dry mouth, one with nausea, and one with yellow-colored urine). Finally, 39 people in the placebo group and 29 people in the curcumin group completed the study (In this study, the average age of patients in the control and treatment groups was 53.9 ± 11.9 and 54.6 ± 13.4, respectively. At baseline, the study groups were comparable in terms of age, gender, body mass index, hospitalization duration, and background diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis (As shown in 