Health impact of fasting in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan: Association with disturbed circadian rhythm and metabolic and sleeping patterns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ajabnoor, Ghada M ^a,b   Bahijri, Suhad ^a,b   Borai, Anwar ^b,c   Abdulkhaliq, Altaf A ^b,d   Al Aama, Jumana Y ^a,b   Chrousos, George P ^b,e  

^a Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIVER ENZYME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAMADAN; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; ISLAM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ISLAM; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901489379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096500     Document Type: Article

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