APOB and metabolic syndrome: It was shown that hawthorn fruit drink 250 mL (containing 1.4 mg hawthorn flavones) twice daily significantly decreased the plasma LDL-C, apolipoprotein B, and triglycerides by 10.4%, 7.4%, and 9.3%, respectively, in 30 Chinese patients with dyslipidemia in an early uncontrolled study [22], although another placebo-controlled study showed a Chinese therapeutic food supplement with hawthorn fruit and Chinese kiwifruit-extract compound had no effect on plasma LDL-C or triglyceride levels but it increased the HDL-C by 5% in Caucasian patients with dyslipidemia [38].