Metabolic Syndrome and Inflammatory Markers

Free Islamic University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Ramadan Fasting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00433082

1345104

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males with metabolic syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• Conditions with insulin resistance including;
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus,
• Infections,
• Stresses,
• Uremia,
• Acromegaly,
• Glucocorticoid excess,
• Hypertension ,
• Cirrhosis and
• Any addiction or drug therapy and conditions witch cause changes in hs-CRP and fibrinogen levels including infection, trauma, infarction, inflammatory arthritis, various neoplasm and liver diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)