4.8.2. Study Subject
diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES, HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
The sample was composed of 37 adults recruited from the local community. They were classified into two groups based on the fasting blood TG level: Imperial chrysanthemum group (IC group, n = 19) and healthy control group (n = 18). Subjects were excluded if they had diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases and other chronic inflammatory diseases. Subjects were included following: age between 20 and 40 healthy Asian adults, body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 23.9 kg/m