Variables | Magnesium (n = 32) | Placebo (n = 32) | Pc | Pd | ||||||
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Baseline | End of trial | Change | Pb | Baseline | End of trial | Change | Pb | |||
Components of quality of life | ||||||||||
  Score of Physical functioning | 60.00 ± 18.66 | 67.53 ± 18.64 | 7.53 ± 15.66 | 0.011* | 65.78 ± 26.79 | 60.31 ± 25.99 | -5.46 ± 13.46 | 0.028* | 0.207 | 0.053 |
  Score of Role limitations due to physical health | 38.12 ± 45.66 | 54.21 ± 46.45 | 16.09 ± 34.00 | 0.012* | 41.40 ± 48.61 | 45.46 ± 47.42 | 4.06 ± 31.09 | 0.465 | 0.459 | 0.093 |
  Score of Role limitations due to emotional problems | 9.89 ± 25.34 | 62.60 ± 42.37 | 52.70 ± 43.88 |  < 0.001* | 22.92 ± 41.21 | 29.63 ± 43.09 | 6.71 ± 29.39 | 0.206 | 0.003 | 0.001* |
  Score of Energy/ fatigue | 30.31 ± 26.42 | 40.37 ± 24.89 | 10.06 ± 18.83 | 0.005* | 38.90 ± 28.70 | 37.18 ± 29.72 | -1.71 ± 5.90 | 0.110 | 0.644 | 0.010* |
  Score of Emotional well being | 31.43 ± 25.51 | 39.84 ± 30.12 | 14.90 ± 18.26 |  < 0.001* | 42.65 ± 28.05 | 39.84 ± 30.12 | -2.81 ± 14.19 | 0.271 | 0.345 |  < 0.001* |
  Score of Social functioning | 40.00 ± 33.09 | 54.84 ± 32.04 | 14.84 ± 25.47 | 0.002* | 49.60 ± 42.65 | 57.73 ± 53.90 | 8.12 ± 44.89 | 0.314 | 0.795 | 0.428 |
  Score of Pain | 54.29 ± 36.28 | 60.70 ± 33.40 | 6.40 ± 19.24 | 0.069 | 66.01 ± 32.98 | 63.59 ± 33.21 | -2.42 ± 13.80 | 0.329 | 0.730 | 0.270 |
  Score of General health | 43.43 ± 30.25 | 43.51 ± 30.29 | 5.20 ± 10.96 | 0.013* | 43.43 ± 30.25 | 43.51 ± 30.29 | 0.07 ± 5.33 | 0.934 | 0.643 | 0.042* |
  Total Score of Quality of life | 37.90 ± 15.60 | 47.26 ± 17.65 | 9.35 ± 8.67 |  < 0.001* | 47.05 ± 22.26 | 44.85 ± 21.40 | -2.20 ± 7.91 | 0.126 | 0.624 |  < 0.001* |
  Number of items of AUB | 2.13 ± 1.07 | 1.19 ± 1.03 | -0.93 ± 0.94 |  < 0.001* | 1.91 ± 1.32 | 1.19 ± 1.06 | -0.71 ± 1.14 | 0.001* | 0.999 | 0.651 |
  Score of alopecia | 1.94 ± 1.07 | 1.31 ± 0.93 | -0.62 ± 1.26 | 0.009* | 1.94 ± 0.98 | 1.31 ± 0.93 | -0.62 ± 1.26 | 0.009* | 0.999 | 0.958 |
  Score of acne | 1.48 ± 2.791 | 1.00 ± 2.191 | -0.48 ± 1.54 | 0.092 | 0.94 ± 2.735 | 0.13 ± 0.707 | -0.81 ± 2.86 | 0.119 | 0.041* | 0.051 |