Table 3

Effects of Ramadan fasting on blood lipids

Outcome

Reference

Subjects

Effect

Total Cholesterol

Fedail [17]

20 M & 4 W

↑

Khaled [26]

276 W

↑

Aksungar [13]

12 M & 12 W

↔

Bernieh [18]

7 M & 4 W

↔

El Ati [24]

16 W

↔

Kassab [51]

44 W

↔

Ibrahim [14]

9 M & 5 W

↔

Maislos [29]

16 M & 8 W

↔

Rakicioğlu [27]

21 W

↔

Ramadan [34]

13 M

↔

Sarraf-Zadegan [30]

22 M & 28 W

↔

Ziaee [31]

41 M & 39 W

↔

Adlouni [25]

32 M

↓

Fakhrzadeh [41]

50 M & 41 W

↓

Salehi [55]

28 M

↓

LDL Cholesterol

Ziaee [31]

41 M & 39 W

↑

Aksungar [13]

12 M & 12 W

↔

Maislos [29]

16 M & 8 W

↔

Sarraf-Zadegan [30]

22 M & 28 W

↔

Adlouni [25]

32 M

↓

Fakhrzadeh [41]

50 M & 41 W

↓

HDL Cholesterol

Adlouni [25]

32 M

↑

Aksungar [13]

12 M & 12 W

↑

Fakhrzadeh [41]

50 M & 41 W

↑

Maislos [29]

16 M & 8 W

↑

Sarraf-Zadegan [30]

22 M & 28 W

↔

Ziaee [31]

41 M & 39 W

↓

M = men; W = women

Trepanowski and Bloomer Nutrition Journal 2010 9:57   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-57