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A prospective cohort study on the effect of various risk factors on hypoglycaemia in diabetics who fast during Ramadan


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Loke, Seng Cheong and Abd Rahim, Kartini Farah and Kanesvaran, Ravindran and Wong, Teck Wee (2010) A prospective cohort study on the effect of various risk factors on hypoglycaemia in diabetics who fast during Ramadan. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 65 (1). pp. 3-6. ISSN 0300-5283

Abstract

Muslim diabetics who fast during Ramadan are at risk of hypoglycaemia, and previous consensus guidelines have highlighted certain risk factors. This prospective cohort study aims to determine the relative risk (RR) of hypoglycaemia during Ramadan fasting compared with a non-fasting period of equivalent length, and to ascertain which risk factors are clinically significant. From the results, Ramadan fasting carries a RR of hypoglycaemia of 1.60 (95% CI 1.05 to 2.43). Good metabolic control (HbAlc < 8%) and old age (> 60 years) increased RR more than twice, while taking breakfast prior to fasting reduces RR to less than half.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Malaysian Medical Association
Keywords: Cohort studies; Fasting; Hypoglycemia; Islam; Risk assessment; Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 29 May 2015 08:54
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2015 03:33
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795
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