Table 1.

Effect of Ramadan fasting (RF) on anthropometric measures

Anthropometric measures	Before Mean ±SD	After Mean ±SD	P value	After 1 month Mean ±SD	P value
Weight	97.44 ±16.41	96.69 ±16.22	≤ 0.01	96.41 ±16.22	0.545
BMI	37.03 ±6.56	36.74 ±6.46	≤ 0.01	36.65 ±6.45	0.778
Waist	114.53 ±12.08	114.34 ±11.96	0.655	114.27 ±11.94	0.889
Hip	116.95 ±11.5	116.67 ±11.47	0.755	116.54 ±11.41	0.852
Waist/hip ratio	0.98 ±0.06	0.97 ±0.07	0.682	0.97 ±0.06	0.885
Triceps skin fold	2.45 ±0.77	2.42 ±0.77	0.623	2.42 ±0.76	0.945

BMI – body mass index