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Effects of Ramadan fasting on blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
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- 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring during Ramadan Fasting: A Three-Year Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Medical Center in Turkey.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- The Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Glycemic and Blood Pressure Control in a Large Saudi Arabian Cohort with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension: A Longitudinal Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Health services insights · 2026Article
- Association of Ramadan and Death Rates in a Metropolitan City in Turkey: A Review of Literature and a Seasonally Adjusted Study.Journal of religion and health · 2025Review
- The Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Endothelial Function, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Cardiovascular Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Ramadan Fasting and Complications of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Impacts on Liver Cirrhosis and Heart Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Consensus recommendations on fasting during Ramadan for patients with kidney disease: review of available evidence and a call for action (RaK Initiative).BMC nephrology · 2024Review
- Perspective of biopharmaceutics knowledge and practice of pharmacy personnel toward the effect of medication route and medical procedure on nullifying fasting.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionDuring Ramadan, repeated cycles of fasting might contribute to changes in blood pressure among hypertensive patients. Studies on the effects of fasting on the blood pressure of hypertensive patients are scarce and have provided inconclusive results.
aimTo examine the effect of fasting on ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in treated hypertensive subjects.
methodsThe study prospectively recruited 60 hypertensive patients between April and June 2019, followed up at the cardiology department of Habib Thameur Hospital of Tunis. A 24-hour pressure monitoring was carried out during two periods: prior to Ramadan and during the last ten days of Ramadan. We compared the average values of 24 hour, awake and asleep systolic and diastolic blood pressure and 24 hour, awake and asleep heart rate.
resultsWe studied 40 women and 20 men; mean age was 58.4 years. 33% of the patients were diabetics, 42% dyslipidemics, 15% had coronaropathy. 45% of the patients were on monotherapy, 37% on dual therapy and 18% on a triple antihypertensive therapy. During Ramadan, 74% of the patients were taking the treatment once daily, 3% twice daily, and 23% three times per day. Average 24hour ambulatory blood pressure in the whole group was 129±17/74±10 mmHg before Ramadan and 128±17/73±9 mmHg during Ramadan (p>0.05). Daytime and nighttime mean values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as mean values of heart rate were not different between both periods regardless of age, gender, medical history and lifestyle.
conclusionsIn this study, there were no significant changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressures as well as heart rate during the 2 periods.
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