Acknowledgment
This study was sup-
ported by a grant from Thai Traditional Medical
Knowledge Fund and the Department for Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative
Medicine, Ministry of Public Health (to S.C.).
No potential conflicts of interest relevant to
this article were reported.
S.C. designed the study, screened and ex-
amined all the recruited subjects, researched
and analyzed data, and wrote and reviewed the
‘manuscript. S.R. analyzed data and performed
the statistical analysis. R.L. and C.P. provided
trial advice. 5.]. designed the study and Wrote
and reviewed the manuscript. S.R. is the
guarantor of this work and, as such, had full
access to all the data in the study and takes
responsibility for the integrity of the data and
the accuracy of the data analysis.
The authors thank the Thai Government
Pharmaceutical Organization for the gift of the
curcumin extract and placebo. The authors
also thank all of the subjects for participating
in this study and the team of the outpatient
clinic at HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirind-
horn Medical Center of Srinakharinwirot
University, Nakornnayok, Thailand.