Table 3.
Free and acylcarnitine levels just before and after the HD session in HD patients.
| Healthy Controls |
Before HD
Baseline |
After HD
Baseline |
Before HD
Post-Treatment |
After HD
Post-Treatment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C0 | 43.973±7.581 | 20.847±7.584*** | 7.566±2.720††† | 140.843±57.375&&& | 40.967±15.719### |
| C2 | 7.695±2.351 | 7.954±2.148 | 4.371±0.826††† | 57.977±36.473&&& | 18.700±9.866### |
| C3 | 0.409±0.144 | 0.216±0.124*** | 0.041±0.037††† | 2.259±1.341&&& | 0.540±0.408### |
| C4 | 0.248±0.098 | 0.440±0.167** | 0.141±0.046††† | 3.175±2.683&& | 0.753±0.690### |
| C5:1 | 0.017±0.003 | 0.039±0.010*** | 0.019±0.004††† | 0.075±0.022&&& | 0.026±0.007### |
| C5 | 0.103±0.026 | 0.103±0.034 | 0.035±0.012††† | 0.470±0.236&&& | 0.133±0.079### |
| C6 | 0.075±0.020 | 0.150±0.069** | 0.051±0.017††† | 0.869±0.772&& | 0.222±0.173## |
| C5-OH | 0.024±0.006 | 0.068±0.021*** | 0.019±0.006††† | 0.198±0.131&& | 0.049±0.037### |
| C8 | 0.136±0.061 | 0.209±0.095* | 0.057±0.018††† | 0.616±0.336&&& | 0.182±0.090### |
| C10:1 | 0.156±0.060 | 0.272±0.114** | 0.089±0.029††† | 0.629±0.340&& | 0.230±0.119### |
| C10 | 0.255±0.120 | 0.352±0.213 | 0.096±0.043††† | 0.744±0.445&& | 0.228±0.145### |
| C4DC | 0.081±0.024 | 0.411±0.121*** | 0.111±0.030††† | 0.721±0.207&&& | 0.183±0.061### |
| C5DC | 0.119±0.044 | 0.625±0.300*** | 0.172±0.066††† | 1.717±0.841&&& | 0.453±0.254### |
| C12 | 0.067±0.029 | 0.121±0.049** | 0.051±0.019††† | 0.204±0.102& | 0.112±0.060### |
| C14:1 | 0.083±0.041 | 0.106±0.053 | 0.070±0.036† | 0.201±0.149& | 0.177±0.137 |
| C14 | 0.031±0.011 | 0.125±0.057*** | 0.047±0.017††† | 0.233±0.179& | 0.091±0.059## |
| C14-OH | 0.015±0.007 | 0.062±0.050** | 0.022±0.012†† | 0.127±0.087&& | 0.045±0.025### |
| C16 | 0.110±0.022 | 0.112±0.030 | 0.106±0.033 | 0.233±0.130&& | 0.200±0.091# |
| C16:1-OH | 0.008±0.002 | 0.012±0.004** | 0.008±0.003††† | 0.022±0.010&& | 0.016±0.008## |
| C16-OH | 0.005±0.001 | 0.013±0.009** | 0.007±0.003†† | 0.044±0.079 | 0.019±0.026 |
| C18:1 | 0.131±0.033 | 0.134±0.040 | 0.157±0.057 | 0.266±0.161&& | 0.301±0.168 |
| C18 | 0.043±0.013 | 0.040±0.010 | 0.041±0.010 | 0.078±0.037&& | 0.082±0.037 |
| C18:1-OH | 0.005±0.002 | 0.007±0.004 | 0.007±0.003 | 0.012±0.006&& | 0.012±0.007 |
| C18-OH | 0.004±0.001 | 0.005±0.002* | 0.004±0.001†† | 0.012±0.012& | 0.008±0.004 |
Data are expressed as mean±SD. HD=hemodialysis.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 vs healthy controls; †p<0.05, ††p<0.01, †††p<0.001 vs before HD at baseline, &p<0.05, &&p<0.01, &&&p<0.001 vs before HD at baseline, #p<0.05, ##p<0.01, ###p<0.001 vs before HD at post treatment.