L-Carnitine and Improved 6-minute Walking Distance

• Comparative Efficacy of Nutritional Supplements in Modulating Lung Function and Exercise Capacity in COPD Patients: A Network Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-05-17
  • Systematic Review
  • International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20
  • • Yi Zeng
    • Tian He
    • Xinyi Ma
    • Qiong Guo
    • Jing Zhang

  • PubMed: 40401105
  • DOI: 10.2147/copd.s517252

  3 Insights on

  • Improved 6-minute Walking Distance

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  L-carnitine [MD=53, 95% CI (24, 82)]

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes