Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Clinical Efficacy of Persian Medicine Diet Combined with Western Medicine-Based Diet on Proteinuria in Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants.


Variables	Intervention group (N = 9)	Control group (N = 10)	P^a

Age (year)	10.89 ± 1.47	8.10 ± 1.20	0.158^a
Weight (kg)	38.89 ± 4.41	30.70 ± 5.16	0.250^a
Height (cm)	1.34 ± .09	1.28 ± .07	0.617^a
BMI (kg/m²)	20.60 (4.17)	17.36 ± .97	0.043^a
Sex			0.350^b
Boy	5 (55.6)	8 (80.0)
Girl	4 (44.4)	2 (20.0)
Intake of drugs
Prednisolone (0/5-0/99 mg/kg/d)	3 (33.3)	3 (30.0)	1.000^b
Prednisolone (1-1/49 mg/kg/d)	3 (33.3)	5 (50.0)	0.650^b
Prednisolone (1/5-2 mg/kg/d)	3 (33.3)	2 (20.0)	0.628^b
Enalapril (5 mg/d)	4 (44.4)	5 (50.0)	1.000^b

Mean ± SD and median (IQR) are presented for normally and not normally distributed measures, respectively. Frequency (percentage within subgroup) has been used for qualitative variables. BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile Range. P^a = independent samples t-test. P^b = Fisher exact test.