Carnitine deficiency and its possible risk factors in TB patients: first report.

Abstract:

AIM:To assess carnitine serum levels and possible risk factors of its deficiency in patients with TB. PATIENTS & METHODS:All newly diagnosed TB patients admitted to an infectious diseases ward were recruited. Demographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the patients were collected. Total carnitine serum concentrations were measured. To investigate factors that can predict carnitine deficiency, logistic regression analysis with odds ratio and 95% CI was performed. RESULTS:The mean ± standard deviation of carnitine serum levels of patients was 43.77 ± 32.92 µmol/l. Carnitine deficiency was detected in 47.7% of the study population. According to the final model of multivariate logistic regression analysis, increased serum triglyceride levels and hypoalbuminemia were identified as predictive factors of carnitine deficiency in TB patients aged over 35 years old. CONCLUSION:Nearly half of Iranian patients with TB were carnitine-deficient. Increased serum triglyceride levels and hypoalbuminemia were identified as independent risk factors of carnitine deficiency in patients aged over 35 years. Considering malnutrition as a major risk factor of TB and the safety of carnitine supplementation, use of carnitine as an adjunctive modality instead of other standard interventions may show beneficial effects in patients with TB.

journal_name

Immunotherapy

journal_title

Immunotherapy

authors

Hatamkhani S,Khalili H,Karimzadeh I,Abdollahi A,Jafari S,Khazaeipour Z

doi

10.2217/imt.13.90

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-09-01 00:00:00

pages

945-53

issue

9

eissn

1750-743X

issn

1750-7448

journal_volume

5

pub_type

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