Content of MDA, activity of SOD isozymes in serum can reflect the severity of stroke disease while serum level of TG, TC, LDL-C cannot.

Standardized rate of TC, TG and LDL-C as well as hyperlipemia of residents who lived on sweet buckwheat was much lower than residents who did not.

Multivariate analysis revealed that the drop in LDL-C and increase in HDL-C both independently predicted atheroma regression.