Table-III.

Effects of Ramadan fasting on blood lipids and anthropometric parameters.

Article				Subject’s characteristics					Outcomes
	Year			No. and Sex		Age	BW	BMI
Author	Study	Publish	Location	M	F	(year)	(kg)	(kg/m2)	EI	CI	PI	FI	T-chol	TG	HDL	LDL	VLDL	BW	BMI	WC
Sulieman S.	1982	1982	UK and Sudan	20	4	30 (21-40)	69.5±2.3	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	↑	-	NM	NM	NM	↓	NM	NM
Hallak M. H.	1988	1988	Syria	16	-	18-30	66.2±7.6	22.5±2.6	↑	NM	NM	NM	-	↓	↓	↑		↓		NM
Maislos M.	1992	1993	Israel	16	8	27 (18-45)	68±17	24.6±4.6	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	-	↑	-	-	-	-	NM
Adlouni A.	1997	1997	Moracco	32	-	NM	NM	NM	↑	NM	NM	NM	↓	↓	↑	↓	NM	↓	NM	NM
Maislos M.	1998	1998	Israel	32		NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	-	↑	-	-	NM	-	NM
Ziaee V.	2002	2002	Iran	41	39	20-35	62.4±11.6	21.2±4.5	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	-	↓	↑	-	↓	↓	NM
Afrasiabi A.	1997	2003	Iran	28	0	NM	NM	NM	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	-	↓	NM	NM	↓	NM
Afrasiabi A.	1998	2003	Iran	22	0	NM	NM	NM	↓	NM	NM	NM	-	↓	-	-	-	-	-	NM
Ch-Pasha H.	1996	2004	KSA	54	32	56 (17-84)	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	-	-	-	-	NM	NM	NM
Rahman M.	2004	2004	Bangladesh	20	0	NM	NM	NM	↑	NM	NM	↑	-	-	↑	-	-	↓	↓	NM
Unalacak M.	2007	2011	nm	10	0	NM	NM	NM	↓	NM	NM	NM	↓	↓	↑	↓	↓	↓	↓	NM
Barkia A.	2011	2011	Tunisia	19	6	42 (22-55)	NM	27.1±2.6	NM	NM	↑	↑	↑	-	↑	-	NM	NM	NM	NM
Sadiya A.	2011	2011	UAE	0	276	49±6	NM	34.63±3.29	-	NM	↓	↑	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	↓	NM	↓
Shehab	2012	2012	UAE	70	32	38.7±10.5	82.9±14.6	28.1±4.4		NM	NM	NM	-	-	↑	↓	NM	↓	↓	↓
Nematy M.	2012	2012	Iran	38	44	54±10	NM	NM	-	-	-	-	↓	↓	↑	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Mirzaei B.	2012	2012	Iran	14	0	20.12±2.5	NM	70.61±18.4	NM	NM	NM	NM	↓	-	↑	↓	-	↓	NM	NM

↑= a significant increasing; ↓= a significant decreasing; -= not significant change; NM= not mention in article.M= male; F= female; BW= body weight; BMI= body mass index; EI= energy intake; CI= carbohydrate intake; PI= protein intake; FI= fat intake; T-chol= total cholesterol; TG= triglycerides; HDL= high density lipoproteins; LDL=low density lipoproteins; VLDL= very low density lipoproteins; WC= waist circumference.