Is Ramadan fasting safe in type 2 diabetic patients in view of the lack of significant effect of fasting on clinical and biochemical parameters, blood pressure, and glycemic control?

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-357

  M'Guil, M ^a   Ragala, M A ^a   El Guessabi, L ^b   Fellat, S ^c   Chraibi, A ^c   Chebraoui, L ^d   Israili, Z H ^e   Lyoussi, B ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d Hopital d'Enfants   (Morocco)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycemic control; Lipid profile; Metabolic profile; Ramadan fasting; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C PEPTIDE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOREACTIVE INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIABETIC DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EATING; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; C-PEPTIDE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLICLAZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLAM; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 47549090269     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641960802272442     Document Type: Article

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