Table 3.

Hypolipidemic effects exerted by Al-hijamah

	Serum cholesterol (mg/dl)			Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)
	Control	Before Al-hijamah	After Al-hijamah	Control	Before Al-hijamah	After Al-hijamah
	99	110	92	172	180	162
	136	146	95	83	79	40
	130	120	80	99	89	92
	119	137	110	128	114	98
	151	142	97	163	180	162
	124	132	130	87	79	40
	120	110	92	95	89	92
	136	146	95	93	87	72
	130	120	80	67	77	76
	127	137	110	99	112	99
	152	142	97	149	178	114
	142	132	130	136	98	102
	156	155	105	90	98	102
	93	101	125	97	92	79
	116	126	130	61	45	50
	150	140	114	127	134	98
	122	92	60	99	87	72
	139	128	121	89	77	76
	149	137	110	121	112	99
	122	142	97	163	178	114
MEAN	130.65	129.75	103.5	110.9	109.25	91.95
SD	17.1227	16.42807	18.70407	32.25866	40.07477	32.27428
SEM	3.830582	3.675184	4.184355	7.216702	8.965272	7.220196