Epigastric pain syndrome: What can traditional Chinese medicine do? A randomized controlled trial of Biling Weitong Granules

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population in a full analysis set

	Placebo group, n = 120	BLWT group, n = 118	P value
Sex, n			0.8656
Male/female	45/75	43/75
Age in yr, mean ± SD	37.78 ± 13.96	37.95 ± 13.38	0.9256
Body height in cm,
mean ± SD	166.69 ± 7.98	165.46 ± 7.33	0.214
Body weight in kg,
mean ± SD	62.93 ± 13.05	61.22 ± 11.06	0.2765
Education background, n (%)			0.9256
Illiteracy	1 (0.83)	1 (0.85)
Primary school	5 (4.17)	4 (3.39)
Middle school	19 (15.83)	25 (21.19)
High school	19 (15.83)	18 (15.25)
Junior college	16 (13.33)	14 (11.86)
College	16 (13.33)	19 (16.1)
Higher than college	44 (36.67)	37 (31.36)

BLWTG: Biling Weitong Granules.