Effects of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors: A prospective observational study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nematy, Mohsen ^a   Alinezhad Namaghi, Maryam ^a   Rashed, Masoud Mahdavi ^a   Mozhdehifard, Mostafa ^a   Sajjadi, Seyedeh Sania ^a   Akhlaghi, Saeed ^a   Sabery, Maryam ^b   Mohajeri, Seyed Amir R ^a   Shalaey, Neda ^a   Moohebati, Mohsen ^c   Norouzy, Abdolreza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Fasting; FBS; Homocysteine; hs CRP; Insulin resistance; Ramadan; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865859204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-69     Document Type: Article

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