L-Carnitine and Reduced Apolipoprotein B Levels

• The effects of L-carnitine in children with kidney failure undergoing dialysis: a systematic review.

  • 2025-08-27
  • Review · n = 194
  • Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 41(3)
  • • Jingjing Chen
    • Yannan Guo
    • Liang Huang
    • Linan Zeng
    • Guo Cheng
    • Limei Zhao
    • Lingli Zhang

  • PubMed: 40864195
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06929-5

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Apolipoprotein B Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  RCT study of moderate-quality indicated that L-carnitine did not influence serum lipid profiles except for reducing apolipoprotein B (ApoB)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes