Impact of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on the Heart Rate Variability and Cardiovascular Parameters of Patients with Controlled Hypertension

Table 2

Anthropometric measurements during and after Ramadan.

	Male			Female
	During Ramadan	After Ramadan	value	During Ramadan	After Ramadan	value
Height (cm)	174.21 ± 1.62			157.43 ± 1.32
Body weight (kg)	100.39 ± 3.88	101.32 ± 3.96	0.045	82.26 ± 2.23	81.95 ± 2.28	0.247
BMI (kg/m^2)	32.54 ± 1.09	32.91 ± 1.14	0.037	33.26 ± 0.93	33.22 ± 0.96	0.786
Body fat (%)	31.78 ± 1.48	32.08 ± 1.45	0.544	47.69 ± 1.00	47.21 ± 1.13	0.398
Skeletal muscle (%)	30.88 ± 0.76	30.71 ± 0.72	0.575	22.47 ± 0.45	22.75 ± 0.52	0.442
Resting metabolism (kcal)	1961.25 ± 52.19	1972.00 ± 53.22	0.099	1500.28 ± 25.36	1496.96 ± 25.14	0.307
Visceral fat level	16.62 ± 1.12	17.00 ± 1.13	0.09	11.78 ± 0.60	11.53 ± 0.61	0.090
Waist circumference (cm)	113.85 ± 3.75	115.81 ± 2.73	0.384	106.10 ± 1.96	107.62 ± 3.25	0.609
Hip circumference (cm)	113.74 ± 1.93	115.05 ± 1.99	0.023	116.25 ± 1.81	115.26 ± 1.81	0.091
Waist-hip ratio	0.99 ± 0.02	1.00 ± 0.01	0.768	0.91 ± 0.01	0.93 ± 0.02	0.369

Values presented as mean ± SEM.