Influence of levocarnitine on micro-inflammatory state in hemodialysis patients with diabetic nephropathy / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the impact of levocarnitine on microinflammatory state in hemodialysis patients with diabetic nephropathy(DN) .Methods Sixty outpatients and inpatients with DN in the Second Aid Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from January 2010 to December 2012 were selected as the research subjects according to the inclusion and exclusion stand‐ards and randomly divided into DN conventional treatment group (conventional treatment group ,n=30) and levocarnitine treatment observation group (levocarnitine treatment group ,n=30) .Contemporaneous 20 individuals undergoing the healthy physical exami‐nation were selected as the healthy control group ,DN was excluded .The two treatment groups were given the insulin therapy ,on the basis of the routine therapy the levocarnitine treatment group was added with levocarnitine oral solution (2 g daily) .The treat‐ment in both groups lasted for 3 weeks .The efficacy was observed and the indicators were detected before and after treatment ,in‐cluding interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) ,C‐reactive protein (CRP) ,tumor necrosis factor‐α(TNF‐α) ,urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) , serum albumin (Alb) ,hemoglobin (Hb) ,endogenous creatinine clearance rate (Scr) ,total cholesterol (TG) and triglycerides (TC) .The above indicators in the healthy control group were detected in physical examination .Results The CRP ,IL‐6 ,TNF‐αlev‐els after treatment in the conventional treatment group and levocarnitine treatment group were higher than those in the healthy con‐trol group .The CRP ,IL‐6 and TNF‐αlevels after treatment in the levocarnitine treatment group were lower than those in the con‐ventional treatment group .The above 3 inflammatory cytokines levels after treatment in the levocarnitine treatment group were low‐er than before treatment .The TC ,TG and Ccr levels after treatment in the levocarnitine treatment group were lower than those in the conventional treatment group ,while the Alb and Hb levels were higher than those in the conventional treatment group ,the differences were statistically significant (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The microinflammation level after levocarnitine treatment in main‐tenance dialysis patients with DN is alleviated to some extent ,the renal function and nutritional status have certain improvement .