Abstract:
The aim of this investigation is to follow (during and before the month of Ramadan fasting) the
evolution of some parameters anthropometric and biochemical in men and the women suffering from the
diabetes of the type 2, old from 45 to 55 years and treaties with oral antidiabetics constituted of a mixture
(Biguanides and Sulphamides). 84 patients of which (42 men and 42 women) were followed during two
experimental periods: the 5 week before Ramadan (P1) and the 3rd week of fasting (P2). By comparison at the
period before fasting, the Body Mass Index (BMI) remains practically stable (P>0.05) during the Ramadan
among the diabetic patients. However, the women recorded results of BMI significantly (P<0.01) higher than
those of the men. No relation between the variations of the levels of glucose, of glycosylated haemoglobin and
the fasting of month of Ramadan was recorded during this experimental study. Also, during Ramadan the
average content of plasma insulin recorded among diabetic women and men are significantly lowers than during
the non-fasting period. Concerning the lipidic parameters measured among all the studied population, the rates
of plasmatic triglycerides and of HDL-c decreased significantly (P<0.01) during the period of fasting by
comparison at the period before fasting; on the contrary, rates of LDL-c and of cholesterol increased slightly
(P>0.05) during the month of Ramadan. In addition, during the two periods experimental, the women showed
relatively high rates in LDL- and cholesterol compared to the men (P<0.01). As for proteinous compounds
C
(protein and urea), their plasmatic rates remain practically stable (P>0, 05) among the women and the men
diabetic during all the periods experimental. The month of Ramadan seems not to exert of influence on glucidic
and proteinic metabolisms. On the contrary, the metabolism of the lipids seems to be relatively affected among
patients diabetic during this period of fasting.
