The Evaluation of Chinese Therapeutic Food for the Treatment of Moderate Dyslipidemia

Table 15

Frequencies of major baseline symptoms of the 43 participants.

Major symptoms	Frequency	Proportion of the total (%)
Preference of warmth	17	39.5
Preference of coolness	9	20.9
Night sweating	5	11.6
Thirst/Dry mouth	22	51.2
Poor appetite	5	11.6
Abdominal symptoms	23	53.5
Abdominal distension	14	32.6
Other discomfort	13	30.2
Reflux	11	25.6
Abnormal bowel movement	20	46.5
Loose stool/diarrhea	10	23.3
Constipation	4	9.3
Alternate diarrhea and constipation	6	14.0
Feeling of oppression/occasional pain in the chest	6	14.0
Palpitation	7	16.3
Feeling stressful/anxiety/depression	24	55.8
Sleep disorder	23	53.5
Feeling sleepy	13	30.2
Dizziness/feeling light-headed	2	4.7
Headache	11	25.6
Lower back/leg/knee pain	16	37.2