_/_ 0 (0) 1/1 (10) 3/0 (16) 1/1 (11)
Garlic tastea 2 (10)
Dry mouth, cougha 2 (10) 1 (5)
Difficulty swallowing because of number
and size of capsules
2 (11)
Total side effects 3 (14) 3 (15) 8 (42) 2 (11)
(B) Acceptabilityb
Ease of taking capsules / 13/6 (91) 12/6 (90) 8/5 (68) 9/7 (84)
_ _/_ 0 (0) 0 (0) 1/0 (5) 0/1 (5)
Acceptability / 12/8 (95) 11/9 (100) 6/1 (84) 6/11 (90)
_ _/_ 0 (0) 0 (0) 1/0 (5) 0/1 (5)
Willingness to continue after trial / 11/8 (91) 5/11 (80) 5/8 (68) 7/7 (74)
_ _/_ 0 (0) 1/0 (5) 2/0 (11) 0/1 (5)
Willingness to pay for supplementd / 9/4 (62) 1/13 (70) 3/9 (63) 6/5 (58)
aParticipants reported minimal side effects in the first week of the trial, but did not find these side effects bothersome and found ways to overcome these.
bResponses to questions of acceptability were assessed on a five-point Likert scales ranging from 1ผvery easy/very acceptable/strongly agree ( ) to
5ผvery hard/very unacceptable/strongly disagree (_ _). cReported side effects and acceptability of treatment were not statistically significant between the
garlic and placebo groups. dThe willingness to pay for supplements was stronger in the garlic-1-capsule group compared with garlic-2 and -4 capsule groups
(Po0.05).
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