Effects of glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate and diacerein on liver function in patients with Kashin-Beck disease / 中华地方病学杂志

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Objective:To investigate the effects of glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate and diacerein on liver function in patients with Kashin-Beck disease.Methods:According to the criteria of "Diagnosis of Kashin-Beck Disease" (WS/T 207-2010), 333 cases of Kashin-Beck disease were selected from the disease severely affected areas, and randomly divided into 3 groups according to the matching principle of age, gender and disease grading glucosamine sulfate group (group A, 118 cases), chondroitin sulfate group (group B, 99 cases) and diacerein group (group C, 116 cases), and the patients in each group were treated for 180 days. Fasting venous blood samples were collected from the patients in the three groups at 0, 90 and 180 days after treatment. Serum was separated. The biochemical analyzer was used to determine the serum levels of albumin (ALB), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), direct bilirubin (DBIL), glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), total bilirubin (TBIL), and total protein (TP) of the three groups of patients.Results:There was no difference in the expression levels of 8 liver function indexes between the groups on day 0 of treatment ( P > 0.05). After 90 days of treatment, the expression level of GGT in group B was higher than that in group A ( P < 0.05); compared with 0 day of treatment, ALB levels of groups A, B and C were all decreased, ALP and TBIL levels increased ( P < 0.05), the abnormal expression rate of ALB index decreased in all the three groups ( P < 0.001), the abnormal expression rate of TBIL index in group A was decreased ( P = 0.006). After 180 days of treatment, ALB level of group B was higher than that of group A, ALP level of group B was higher than that of groups A and C, and AST level of group B was higher than that of group C ( P < 0.05); compared with 90 days of treatment, ALB levels of groups A, B and C were all increased, ALP, ALT and AST levels of groups A and C were decreased, GGT levels of groups B and C were decreased ( P < 0.05); compared with 0 day of treatment, the abnormal expression rate of ALB index increased in all the three groups at 180 days of treatment ( P < 0.001), and the abnormal expression rate of ALP index decreased in group C ( P = 0.031). Conclusion:The liver function indicators ALB, ALP and TBIL should be monitored when taking the three oral drugs for a short time, especially the GGT, ALP and AST indicators when taking chondroitin sulfate for a long time.