Low dose oral curcumin is not effective in induction of remission in mild to moderate ulcerative colitis: Results from a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial

Table 2 Comparison of the Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Index between the two randomized groups at baseline, 4, and 8 wk

	Curcumin group		Placebo group		Mean difference (95%CI)	Significance
	n	UCDAI	n	UCDAI
Week 0	29	5.2 ± 2.0	33	5.5 ± 1.9	-0.244 (-1.256 to 0.77)	0.632
Week 4	16	3.6 ± 2.4	23	4.4 ± 3.2	-0.823 (-2.678 to 1.020)	0.37
Week 8	16	3.4 ± 3.1	25	3.8 ± 2.8	-0.362 (-2.343 to 1.168)	0.711

UCDAI is expressed as mean ± SD. UCDAI: Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Index.