Table 4.
Biological changes during the three protocol periods
| All | Patients with DM n = 63 | Patients without DM n = 35 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ramadan mean (SD) |
Ramadan mean (SD) |
Post-Ramadan mean (SD) |
Pre-Ramadan mean (SD) |
Ramadan mean (SD) |
Post-Ramadan mean (SD) |
Pre-Ramadan mean (SD) |
Ramadan mean (SD) |
Post-Ramadan mean (SD) |
|
| Hematological | |||||||||
| Hemoglobin g/dl | 13.3 (1.2) | 13.6 (1.5) | 13.4 (1.3) | 13.1 (1.1) | 13.3 (1.3) | 13.1 (1.2) | 13.8 (1.1) | 14.1 (1.4) | 14.0 (1.1) |
| Hematocrit % | 41 (5) | 41 (4) | 40 (4) | 41 (4) | 40 (4) | 39 (4) | 42 (7) | 42 (4) | 41 (4) |
| Platelets count × 103/ml | 216 (22) | 214 (21) | 216 (24) | 214 (24) | 212 (24) | 209 (23) | 214 (22) | 216 (23) | 225 (22) |
| Prothrombin time (sec) | 10.8 (0.6) | 10.9 (0.6) | 10.9 (0.5) | 10.9 (0.5) | 11.1 (0.5) | 11.1 (0.6) | 11.1 (0.7) | 11.0 (0.5) | 10.9 (0.5) |
| APTT (sec) | 36.6 (1.6) | 37.0 (1.8) | 37.4 (1.7) | 38.0 (2.5) | 39.9 (4.2) | 40.7 (4.7) | 39.2 (2.5) | 40.1 (3.8) | 39.0 (2.8) |
| Biochemical | |||||||||
| Glycemia mmol/l | 9.6 (4.9) | 10.4 (4.7)* | 9.9 (4.8) | 11.40 (5.05) | 12.23 (4.81)* | 11.50 (4.77) | 6.49 (2.39) | 7.04 (1.55) | 6.78 (3.01) |
| Cholesterol mmol/l | 3.82 (1.19) | 3.87 (1.26) | 3.90 (1.21) | 3.76 (1.13) | 3.82 (1.33) | 3.86 (1.21) | 4.02 (1.35) | 4.15 (1.19) | 4.28 (1.24) |
| Triglycerides mmol/l | 1.76 (1.04) | 2.23 (1.16)* | 1.90 (1.17)£ | 1.65 (0.87) | 2.26 (1.91)* | 1.74 (0.90)£ | 1.95 (1.28) | 2.16 (1.46) | 2.20 (1.52) |
| LDL cholesterol mmol/l | 2.02 (0.97) | 2.98 (0.97) | 2.0 (0.98) | 1.86 (0.87) | 1.99 (0.87) | 2.06 (0.95) | 2.12 (1.20) | 2.20 (1.06) | 2.25 (1.06) |
| HDL cholesterol mmol/l | 1.01 (0.27) | 0.93 (0.22)* | 1.02 (0.15)£ | 1.01 (0.29) | 0.90 (0.23)* | 0.97 (0.27) | 1.01 (0.23) | 1.0 (0.2) | 1.05 (0.23) |
DM diabetes mellitus, * p < 0.05 between Pre-Ramadan and Ramadan, £ p = 0.001between Ramadan and Post-Ramadan
APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, LDL/HDL low-density/high-density lipoprotein