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Anthropometric measurements and lipid Profile Study during Ramadan Fasting | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-182 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Moayad Younis Altaee; Akram J Ahamed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was designed to examine the influencr of Ramadan fasting on various anthropometric measures and lipid profile in young healthy lraqi house physicians.The participants were 28 subjects , age range 25-33 years during Ramadan of 1415 Hijra. Anthreopometrics and plasma lipids were measured on first morning of Ramadan ,mid – Ramadan , and of Ramadan ,and two errks aftee Ramadan . Fasting in Ramadan changes the plasma lipids positively cholesterol is reduced , HDL is increased , and both LDL and triglycerides are reduced . Weight ,BMI , and skin fold thisknrss showed some parallel changes to that of lipids Mid – arm muscle circumference ( MAMC ) had boon altered , a point in favor of the sparing effect of fasting on muscle glycogen breakdown . This woek add a new data in relation to adaptive mechanism during Ramadan fasting and its hypolipidimic influence | ||
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