Effect of fasting on cardiovascular risk factors among healthy adult Muslims attending primary care, Kano, Northern Nigerian

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders 2024-11, Vol.24 (1), p.645
• Main Authors: Abdulkadir, Zainab, Sule, Yakubu Omeiza, Shuaibu, Abdurrahman, Abiso, Abubakar Mohammed, Damagum, Fatima Mohammed, Yusuff, Abdulkareem A, Haruna, Abdullahi Ibrahim, Gombe, Ishaq Inuwa, Abdullahi, Zakari Muhammed, Askira, Mohammed Adamu, Sadiq, Imana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; African Americans; Analysis; Blood sugar; Blood sugar monitoring; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Chronic diseases; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Exercise; Family medicine; Fasting; Fasting - blood; Female; Health aspects; Healthy Volunteers; Heart Disease Risk Factors; Humans; Islam; Life style; Male; Middle Aged; Muslims; Nigeria - epidemiology; Physical fitness; Prevention; Primary Health Care; Protective Factors; Religion and Medicine; Religious aspects; Risk Assessment; Risk factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; Social aspects; Time Factors; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1471-2261; 1471-2261
• 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