title: [Effects of a 5-day fast on clinical laboratory data from patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: There have been few studies on the effects of a fast on clinical laboratory data in Japanese. We studied twelve women with rheumatoid arthritis who were not taking any medicine and stayed in the Koda hospital for a diet which lasted 55 days. They basically took a 1200 kcal vegan diet and undertook a 3-5-day fast three times. The clinical laboratory data obtained before and after the second fast (day 27-day 31) were compared. Average body weight decreased by 1.5 kg. There were no changes in CRP. Rapid turnover proteins such as alpha 1 and beta 2-microglobulin decreased, whereas albumin, IgG, IgA and IgM increased. HDL-C increased without a change in LDL-C or triglycerides. Free T3 decreased and free T4 increased, while TSH did not change. The increases in albumin, Ig, HDL-C and free T4 were not consistent with the results of previous studies. This difference may have been due to the low calorie vegan diet before the fast.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory, University of Tokyo Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Futamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mashige
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans