L-Carnitine and Increased Free L-carnitine Level

• Effect of L-carnitine supplementation on renal anemia in patients on hemodialysis: a meta-analysis.

  • 2021-03-13
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,090
  • International urology and nephrology 53(10)
  • • Yan Zhu
    • Chao Xue
    • Jihong Ou
    • Zhijuan Xie
    • Jin Deng

  • PubMed: 33713287
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11255-021-02835-5

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Free L-carnitine Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  L-carnitine can significantly increase plasma free L-carnitine levels (mean difference [MD]: 140.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] 102.22-178.85; P < 0.00001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes