Prevalence of Carnitine Deficiency and Decreased Carnitine Levels in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis.

Satoshi ShimizuHiroyuki TakashimaRitsukou TeiTetsuya FurukawaMakiyo OkamuraMaki KitaiChinami NaguraTakashi MaruyamaTerumi HiguchiMasanori Abe

Published in: Nutrients (2019)

The prevalence of carnitine deficiency, high risk of carnitine deficiency, and carnitine insufficiency in PD patients was 8.8%, 73.5%, and 82.3%, respectively. These rates were comparable to those in patients on HD.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
risk factors
smoking cessation