Effects of Ramadan fasting on anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and lipid profile among hypertensive patients in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Halgord Ali M FaragHardi Rafat BaqiSyamand Ahmed QadirAbdel Hamid Hassan El BilbeisiKawa Khwarahm HamafarjMahmoud TalebAmany El Afifi

Published in: SAGE open medicine (2020)

Ramadan fasting could contribute in the improvement of blood pressure and lowers triglyceride levels, body weight, body mass index, and waist circumference of adult hypertensive patients.

Keyphrases

hypertensive patients
body weight
blood pressure
blood glucose
insulin resistance
heart rate
body mass index
physical activity
weight loss