The changes of metabolic profile and weight during Ramadan fasting

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-414

  Ziaee, Vahid ^a   Razaei, M ^a   Ahmadinejad, Z ^a   Shaikh, H ^a   Yousefi, R ^a   Yarmohammadi, L ^a   Bozorgi, F ^a   Behjati, M J ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fasting; High density lipoprotein; Low density lipoprotein; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33646492490     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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