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

Table 4

Blood pressure variation in fasting and nonfasting conditions.

	During Ramadan	After Ramadan	value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Morning (baseline)	128.48 ± 2.72	126.90 ± 1.83	0.362
Afternoon	125.16 ± 2.15	124.61 ± 2.21	0.438
Evening	127.72 ± 2.17	123.64 ± 2.09	0.103
Morning (end)	126.36 ± 2.12	126.33 ± 1.71	0.880
value	0.750	0.615
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Morning (baseline)	86.36 ± 1.94	87.43 ± 2.20	0.816
Afternoon	82.68 ± 1.64	85.23 ± 2.03	0.264
Evening	80.38 ± 1.51	81.98 ± 1.71	0.213
Morning (end)	84.03 ± 1.33	83.64 ± 1.52	0.810
value	0.076	0.202

Values presented as mean ± SEM.