L-Carnitine and Improved Iron Levels

• The efficacy of L-carnitine in improving malnutrition in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: a meta-analysis.

  • 2020-06
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Bioscience reports 40(6)
  • • Jianwei Zhou
    • Tubao Yang

  • PubMed: 32490516
  • DOI: 10.1042/bsr20201639

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Iron Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The pooled total protein level was 3.83 (95% CI: 2.41-5.24, P = 0.000) and the pooled transferrin level was 0.35 (95% CI: 0.18-0.52, P = 0.000).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes