A Review on the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herbs and Formulae with Hypolipidemic Effect

Table 1

Average percentage of abnormal blood lipid levels among Americans at age 20 or above [4].

Blood lipid serum	Total blood cholesterol level		LDL-C level	HDL-C level
Abnormal level (mg/dL)	≥200	≥240	≥130	≤40
Average percentage of Americans^#	~42.4% men	~12.8% men	~34.4% men	~29.3% men
	~12.8% women	~13.6% women	~30.3% women	~12.6% women

#Americans include non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Mexican-Americans at age 20 or above.