The effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on liver function in healthy adults: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

• Published in: Diabetes research and clinical practice Vol. 178; p. 108951
• Main Authors: Faris, MoezAlIslam, Jahrami, Haitham, Abdelrahim, Dana, Bragazzi, Nicola, BaHammam, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Caloric restriction; Cirrhosis; Liver enzymes; NAFLD; Obesity; Time-restricted feeding; T2DM; NAFLD; PT; ALP; TRE; ALT; TRF; BLU; MDA; LDH; LFT; hs-CRP; IF; Caloric restriction; BMI; WHR; Time-restricted feeding; Obesity; AST; RDIF; SMD; NASH; CVD; Cirrhosis; TNF-α; GGT; Liver enzymes; AMPK

Growing evidence is suggestive that intermittent fasting likely to improve liver function; however, still the evidences are controversial to draw a definitive conclusion. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the effect size for changes in liver function tests (LF...