ArticleClinical medicine insights. Pediatrics2019
Does Ramadan Fasting Affect Spirometric Data of Healthy Adolescents?
Article in Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Effects of Ramadan on cognitive functions in young boys.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2024Article
- What constitutes an obstructive ventilatory impairment in a pediatric population? A study design.La Tunisie medicale · 2024Article
- Does Ramadan Observance Affect Cardiorespiratory Capacity of Healthy Boys?American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
purposeSeveral studies raised the effects of Ramadan fasting on healthy adults spirometric data, but none was performed in children. The aim of this study was to compare the spirometric data of a group of faster adolescents (n = 26) with an age-matched non-faster one (n = 10).
methodsThis comparative quasi-experimental study, including 36 healthy males aged 12 to 15 years, was conducted during the summer 2015 (Ramadan: June 18 to July 16). Three sessions (Before-Ramadan [Before-R], Mid-Ramadan [Mid-R], After-Ramadan [After-R]) were selected for spirometry measurements. Spirometry was performed around 5.5 to 3.5 h before sunset and the spirometric data were expressed as percentages of local spirometric norms.
resultsThe two groups of fasters and non-fasters had similar ages and weights (13.35 ± 0.79 vs 12.96 ± 0.45 years, 46.8 ± 9.2 vs 41.7 ± 12.6 kg, respectively). There was no effect of Ramadan fasting on forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV
conclusionsRamadan fasting had no interaction effect with the spirometric data of Tunisian healthy male adolescents.
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