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Ramadan fasting ameliorates arterial pulse pressure and lipid profile, and alleviates oxidative stress in hypertensive patients.
Blood Press
June 2014
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Background And Aim: Effects of Ramadan fasting on health are important. Its effects on arterial pulse pressure (PP), lipid profile and oxidative stress were characterized in hypertensives.
Methods: PP, indices of lipid profile and oxidative stress were measured pre-, during and post-fasting in equal (40 each), sex- and age-matched groups (age 55 ± 5 years) of hypertensives (HT) and controls (C).