The Effect of Ginger (Zingiber officinalis) and Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) Extract Supplementation on Functional Dyspepsia: A Randomised, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Baseline description of the sample.

	Supplementation group	Placebo group
Randomized patients	65	61
Male/female	19/46	20/41
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)	45.85 ± 16.61	48.05 ± 17.02
Type of functional dyspepsia (FD)
Ulcer-like FD	5	6
Dysmotility-like FD	39	33
Unspecified FD	21	22

Significant differences are absent when the intervention and the placebo groups are compared.