Table 2 Highest Grade AE experienced by duration of fast
From: Is fasting safe? A chart review of adverse events during medically supervised, water-only fasting
AE Grade, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
none | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Fasting (Spearman’s ρ = 0.24, p < 0.001) | ||||||
Short | 62 (13.9) | 136 (30.5) | 159 (35.7) | 89 (20) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Medium | 10 (4.2) | 61 (25.6) | 108 (45.4) | 58 (24.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
Long | 0 (0.0) | 7 (10.9) | 32 (50) | 25 (39.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Extended | 0 (0.0) | 2 (10) | 6 (30) | 12 (60) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 72 (9.4) | 206 (26.8) | 305 (39.7) | 184 (24) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
Refeeding (Spearman’s ρ = 0.23, p < 0.001) | ||||||
Short | 133 (29.8) | 181 (40.6) | 98 (22) | 34 (7.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Medium | 39 (16.4) | 108 (45.4) | 69 (29) | 21 (8.8) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
Long | 2 (3.1) | 24 (37.5) | 25 (39.1) | 13 (20.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Extended | 0 (0.0) | 7 (35) | 8 (40) | 5 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 174 (22.7) | 320 (41.7) | 200 (26) | 73 (9.5) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
Entire period (Spearman’s ρ = 0.22, p < 0.001) | ||||||
Short | 43 (9.6) | 125 (28) | 175 (39.2) | 103 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Medium | 7 (2.9) | 58 (24.4) | 106 (44.5) | 66 (27.7) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
Long | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.7) | 32 (50) | 29 (45.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Extended | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5) | 5 (25) | 14 (70) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 50 (6.5) | 187 (24.3) | 318 (41.4) | 212 (27.6) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |