Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Bone Profile in Healthy Female Adult

Abstract

There is one month in a year which is called Ramadan in the Hijri calendar, Muslims fast during this month from dawn to dusk. In Ramadan, sleep and awake cycles are disturbed with fasting impacts the secretion of a key hormone in the human body which is parathyroid hormone (PTH) and hence bone metabolism at the same time. The study objective was to find the effect of Ramadan fasting on bone profile in female adults in Sulaymaniyah city in Iraq. Moreover, different parameters were taken with parathyroid hormone (PTH) to investigate their impact on the bone profile such as calcium, albumin, magnesium, inorganic phosphorus, total alkaline phosphate, and 25-OH vitamin D. The number of participants was only 30 healthy females from different ages. The result of this study depends on the double time of taking blood samples from each participant. The result of this study showed that there is no significant difference in each parameter before and after 28 days of Ramadan. However, serum parathyroid hormone showed a significant increase at the end of Ramadan (55.5±15.09 pg/ml, p=0.03) compared to the value of pre-Ramadan of fasting subjects (45.7±15.33 pg/ml). Overall, alterations in dietary habits throughout Ramadan influenced the secretion of PTH in a manner that could potentially have a positive impact on bone health.