Recently, a clinical study involving 102 healthy Korean men was carried out to
determine if kimchi is hypolipidemic for humans. The men were divided into four
groups, each group consuming an average of 68 g, 118 g, 208 g, and 383 g of kimchi
daily. Kimchi consumption was positively correlated with high density lipoprotein
(HDL) cholesterol and negatively correlated with low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
(see Table 12.2). Preference for hot taste was negatively correlated with systolic
blood pressure (correlation coefficient; −0.15 with P < 0.05).