Table 4

Effects of Ramadan fasting on blood triglycerides and blood glucose

Outcome

Reference

Subjects

Effect

Triglycerides

Kassab [51]

44 W

↔¹

Aksungar [13]

12 M & 12 W

↔

Bernieh [18]

7 M & 4 W

↔

El Ati [24]

16 W

↔

Fedail [17]

20 M & 4 W

↔

Maislos [29]

16 M & 8 W

↔

Ramadan [34]

13 M

↔

Salehi [55]

28 M

↔

Ziaee [31]

41 M & 39 W

↔

Adlouni [25]

32 M

↓

Fakhrzadeh [41]

50 M & 41 W

↓

Ibrahim [14]

9 M & 5 W

↓

Glucose

Bernieh [18]

7 M & 4 W

↔

Bouhlel [33]

9 M

↔

El Ati [24]

16 W

↔

Kassab [51]

44 W

↔

Maislos [29]

16 M & 8 W

↔

Maughan [38]

48 M

↔

Adlouni [25]

32 M

↓

Ibrahim [14]

9 M & 5 W

↓

Salehi [55]

28 M

↓

Ziaee [31]

41 M & 39 W

↓

¹ Blood triglycerides increased in obese women to an extent that approached significance (p = 0.05), as cited by authors. Blood triglycerides did not change in lean women (p > 0.05).

M = men; W = women

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