[
    {
        "id": "osp-10274",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Serum Glucose Measurement after Five to Six Hours is Comparable to Eight Hours Fasting in Ramadan",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Almomin",
                "given": "Ammar MS"
            },
            {
                "family": "Odhaib",
                "given": "Samih A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Altemimi",
                "given": "Mahmood T."
            },
            {
                "family": "Nwayyir",
                "given": "Hussein A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Hussein",
                "given": "Ibrahim H."
            },
            {
                "family": "Alidrisi",
                "given": "Haider AY"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alibrahim",
                "given": "Nassar TY"
            },
            {
                "family": "Mansour",
                "given": "Abbas A."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/serum-glucose-measurement-after-five-to-six-hours-is-comparable-to-eight-hours-fasting-in-ramadan",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "22",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "123-128",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.5.2021.084",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate whether a shorter fasting duration of five to six hours can be used as an alternative to the usually recommended eight hours for fasting glucose measurement. Methods: This one-month observational, cross-sectional study was conducted during Ramadan (May to June) 2019. It included those attending Faiha Specialized Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism Center, Basrah, Iraq; all individuals ate a pre-dawn meal (suhoor) followed by a complete fast for many hours. Two fasting serum glucose (FSG) venous samples were taken; the first was taken five to six hours and the second eight hours after the pre-dawn meal. Participants were divided into two groups: individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and those with a normal glucose level. T2DM patients were further subdivided into three groups: those without treatment, those on oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD) and those using insulin and OAD. Results: A total of 200 individuals participated in this study. There was no significant difference found between the mean FSG levels in the first and second samples for those without T2DM (104.5 ± 21.4 mg/dL versus 104.8 ± 12.6 mg/dL; P = 0.80) as well as those with T2DM (235.0 ± 107.0 mg/dL versus 230.0 ± 105.0 mg/dL; P = 0.20). Untreated T2DM patients had non-significant FSG readings for the two samples (194.0 ± 151.5 mg/dL versus 193.9 ± 128.9 mg/dL; P = 0.90). Patients on insulin and OAD showed a similar pattern of FSG (268.0 ± 111.0 mg/dL versus 269.0 ± 114.0 mg/dL). However, the two FSG samples were found to be significantly different among patients on OAD (220.0 ± 78.0 mg/dL versus 207.0 ± 77.0 mg/dL; P = 0.01). Conclusion: The fasting duration of five to six hours can give a comparable measurement of FSG as that obtained after eight hours."
    }
]