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1 ORIGINALARTICLETheEffectofRamadanFasting onFastingSerumGlucoseinHealthyAdultsB Larijani,MD,FZahedi,MD,MSanjari,MD,M RAmini,MD,R BJalili,MD,HAdibi,MD,A RVassigh,MDEndocrinology&MetabolismResea rchCenter(EMRC),FifthFloor,DoctorShariat iHospital,NorthKargarAvenue,Tehran14114, IranIntroductionFastingduringRamadanispr escribedbytheHolyKoranforeveryfit, ,millionsofMuslimsabstainfromfood, , , , religiousseminaryinRey,Iran,wereenrolled inRamadan1423(Nov/Dec2000) ( ) semi-quantitativefoodfrequencyquestionna ireonthefirstand15thdaysoffasting, (aftera 12-hourovernightfast,asbaseline),andrepe atedonthe14thand28thdaysofRamadan, , :4 April2003 CorrespondingAuthor:BagherLariiani,Endoc rinology&MetabolismResearchCenter(EMRC), FifthFloor,DoctorShariatiHospital,NorthK argarAvenue,Tehran74774,Iran678 MedJMalaysiaVol58No5 SD, (fastingserumglucoseandcalorieintake)was examinedusingPearson' < (67maleand48female) (range:69-116), (range:52-122) (range:44-87)ondays14and28ofRamadan, (P< ) 794kcaland1191 521kcalonbaselineandthe14thday, subjectswassignificant(P< ).
2 Correlationbetweenfastingserumglucoseand totalcalorieintakewassignificantinfemale subjectsalone(P= )andallsubjects(P= ),butnotinmalesubjectsalone(P= ).Noneofthesubjectsreportedanysymptomsof hypoglycaemiaduringthefastingperiod.).Di scussionDuringRamadan, ,thesealterationsinfluencebiochemicalpar ameters, ,whichhavenotfounda <measuredglucosetoleranceandfastinggluco se, "reporteda 10% , ,normalizationbyday20,anda slightrisebytheendofRamadan" withinthenormalrange- duringRamadan' , ,butdidhavea , ' ,hypoglycaemiawillnotoccurinfastinghealt hyadultsona , thereforedifficulttodetermineanytrendinb loodglucoselevelsduringRamadan, :FastingSerumGlucosein67 Maleand48 FemaleSubjectsTimeBaseline14thday28thday Gender(Mean SO)(Mean SO)(Mean SO) + + + (S)said:"Keepthefast,keepyourhealth".
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