Department of Family Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
Department of Family Medicine, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano, Nigeria.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2024 Nov 14;24(1):645. doi: 10.1186/s12872-024-04325-9.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the most prevalent and preventable chronic diseases in the 21st century The global burden of disease: 2004 update. The Report in Sections. A person's risk of developing CVD can be reduced by adopting healthy lifestyles, spiritual and religious practices The American Heart Association Life's Simple 7 in African Americans of the Jackson Heart Study. Fasting as a spiritual practice is not exempted from these benefits. Most world's religions recommend a period of fasting. The obligatory Ramadan fasting in Islam may provide an interesting opportunity to reduce food intake and increase physical activity. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors on healthy adult Muslims.
The study was pre/post-test single arm intervention conducted at the staff clinic of Family Medicine department, AKTH, and Northwest, Nigeria. Kano. The study recruited healthy adults 18yrs and above not on any medications that can affect metabolic profiles consecutively from two weeks before Ramadan fasting of 2018 and the last week of Ramadan of the same year. The questionnaire included information on sociodemographic, clinical parameters and Lifestyle pattern.
Thirty healthy volunteers were included in this study, 25 males (83.3%) and 5 females (16.7%). The mean age was 38.23 ± 6.35(SD). Twenty-five participants were married (83.3%) with 4 singles (13.3%) and 1 divorcee (3.3%). During Ramadan fasting, weight reduced (67.90 ± 11.61 versus 66.53 ± 12.13 4th week of Ramadan p-value < 0.002) Body Mass Index (22.89 ± 3.63 versus 4th week of Ramadan 22.38 ± 3.64 p-value < 0.002) and systolic blood pressure (120.33 ± 19.91versus 4th week of Ramadan 115.33 ± 14.32 p-value 0.003) reduced significantly compared to baseline. The waist circumference, pulse rate, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol were reduced but were not statistically significant.
The result from this study suggested that Ramadan fasting may be a useful means of reducing burden of cardiovascular diseases, as the improved cardiovascular risk factors associated with fasting may translate into a significant health benefit.
心血管疾病（CVD）是 21 世纪最普遍和可预防的慢性病之一。全球疾病负担：2004 年更新。报告分为几部分。一个人患 CVD 的风险可以通过采取健康的生活方式、精神和宗教实践来降低。美国心脏协会生活中的简单 7 在杰克逊心脏研究中的非裔美国人。禁食作为一种精神实践并不免除这些好处。大多数世界宗教都推荐禁食一段时间。伊斯兰教的强制性斋月禁食可能提供了一个减少食物摄入和增加身体活动的有趣机会。本研究的主要目的是调查斋月禁食对健康成年穆斯林心血管危险因素的影响。
该研究是在尼日利亚西北、卡诺的 AKTH 家庭医学系工作人员诊所进行的前后测试单臂干预研究。该研究从 2018 年斋月禁食前两周和同年斋月的最后一周连续招募健康成年人（18 岁及以上），他们没有服用任何可能影响代谢谱的药物。问卷包括社会人口统计学、临床参数和生活方式模式信息。
本研究共纳入 30 名健康志愿者，其中男性 25 名（83.3%），女性 5 名（16.7%）。平均年龄为 38.23 ± 6.35（SD）。25 名参与者已婚（83.3%），4 名单身（13.3%），1 名离婚（3.3%）。在斋月禁食期间，体重减轻（67.90 ± 11.61 与第 4 周斋月相比，p 值<0.002）体重指数（22.89 ± 3.63 与第 4 周斋月相比，p 值<0.002）和收缩压（120.33 ± 19.91 与第 4 周斋月相比，p 值<0.003）与基线相比显著降低。腰围、脉搏率、空腹血糖和胆固醇降低，但无统计学意义。
本研究结果表明，斋月禁食可能是减轻心血管疾病负担的有用方法，因为与禁食相关的改善心血管危险因素可能转化为显著的健康益处。
