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Trial reportPloS one2012

Favorable changes in lipid profile: the effects of fasting after Ramadan.

Abdullah Shehab, Abdishakur Abdulle, Awad El Issa, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Nico Nagelkerke

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Effects of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Gut Hormones and Body Composition in Males with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  17. Ramadan and Diabetes: A Narrative Review and Practice Update.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020
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  19. Ramadan and Diabetes: A Narrative Review and Practice Update.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdullah ShehabDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. a.shehab@uaeu.ac.ae
Abdishakur Abdulle
Awad El Issa
Jassim Al Suwaidi
Nico Nagelkerke
United Arab Emirates University · AEHamad General Hospital · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsWe assessed the effect of fasting during Ramadan on blood pressure (BP), body weight, plasma lipid, and lipoprotein variables among healthy normal individuals.

methods102 (68% male) multi-ethnic volunteers; mean age ± SD (38.7 ± 10.5 years) were randomly recruited in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to be investigated before Ramadan, one day after the end of Ramadan, and four weeks after Ramadan. Anthropometric, demographic, fasting plasma total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) were measured by standard methods, and Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) was calculated using Friedewald's formula.

results65 subjects completed the study. We found significant and beneficial changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP), body weight, waist circumference (WC), TG, HDL-C and LDL-C, at the end of Ramadan, but not in TC. Further, there was a progressive and significant increase and decrease in HDL-C and LDL-C levels, respectively, four weeks after Ramadan.

conclusionsWe observed significant improvements in HDL-C, and LDL-C levels even after four weeks post Ramadan. Ramadan-like fasting may be considered for more effective lipid and lipoprotein control.

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AdultBlood PressureBody WeightFastingFemaleHumansIslamLipidsMaleMiddle AgedUnited Arab EmiratesWaist CircumferenceLipids

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PMID23112824
PMCPMC3480413
OpenAlexW2073576353

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