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Metabolic Syndrome and Inflammatory Markers

NCT00433082 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2007-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The metabolic syndrome has been recognized as a proinflammatory state. It has been shown that many different diets such as Mediterranean diet, DASH diet, Foods with low glycemic index and low saturated fat diet, independent of weight loss, may be effective in improving the metabolic syndrome. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of Ramadan fasting on High-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and fibrinogen levels in metabolic syndrome.

Conditions

  • Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Ramadan Fasting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Free Islamic University of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zahra Vahdat Shariatpanahi, MD · Islamic Free University of Medical Science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Completion
2006-11-30

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