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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
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ISSN 1328-925X
Volume 22 (9):806-810, 2018.
Effect of prolonged fasting on serum lipids, blood
pressure and heart rate in 30 healthy male volunteers.
Dakheel Hussein Hadree, Ali Hassan Awad, Idrees Khalaf
Thamer.
College of Veterinary Medicine, Tikrit
University
ABSTRACT
Hadree DH, Awad AH, Thamer IK., Effect
of prolonged fasting on serum lipids, blood pressure and heart rate in 30 healthy
male volunteers, Onl J Vet Res., 22 (9):806-810, 2018. We report
effect of prolonged fasting on blood cholesterol, high and low density
lipoprotein, triglycerides, blood pressure, and heart beat in 30 healthy male
volunteers during Ramadan in Kirkuk, Iraq during July 2015.
Blood was taken at the 1st and 28th day of the fast. Compared with the 1st day, triglycerides
declined 21%, total cholesterol 13%, LDL cholesterol 46% and VLDL cholesterol 17%,
but HDL cholesterol increased 56%, by day 28 (P< 0.05-0.001). There were slight falls (P < 0.05) in systolic
pressure (-4%) but no change in heart rate or diastolic pressure. The great 56%
increase in serum HDL cholesterol may have been caused by decreased body weight
and change in eating habits. We find that in our study, fasting during Ramadan reduced
bad cholesterol (LDL) but increases good cholesterol (HDL) and did not affect
blood pressure or heart rate.
Key words: Fasting,
cholesterol, (HDL), (LDL), triglycerides (TG), blood pressure, heart beat, male.
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