Accepted Manuscript Differential Effects of gender and patient background diversity on the changes in metabolic and biophysical profiles in people with Type-2 diabetes from dif- ferent ethnicities who fast during Ramadan (H1439); A prospective study from Qatar Zeinab Dabbous, Mohammed Bashir, Abdel-Naser Elzouki, Mustafa Sid Ahmed, Seleena Farouk, Mohamed Hassanien, Rayaz A Malik, Abdul Badie Abou Samra, Tarik Elhadd, for the PROFAST Study Group, PII: S0168-8227(18)31678-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.03.032 Reference: DIAB 7677 To appear in: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Received Date: 6 November 2018 Revised Date: 3 March 2019 Accepted Date: 25 March 2019 Please cite this article as: Z. Dabbous, M. Bashir, A-N. Elzouki, M. Sid Ahmed, S. Farouk, M. Hassanien, R.A. Malik, A. Badie Abou Samra, T. Elhadd, for the PROFAST Study Group, Differential Effects of gender and patient background diversity on the changes in metabolic and biophysical profiles in people with Type-2 diabetes from different ethnicities who fast during Ramadan (H1439); A prospective study from Qatar, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.03.032 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.