Table 5: Emergency room visit, total hospital admissions, blood eosinophils, and serum IgE in patient subgroups before and after carnitine supplementation and the placebo group.
Subgroup A (with L-Carnitine) ()
Subgroup B (Placebo) ()
t
Emergency room visit
bef.
1.2
>0.05
aft
4.68
<0.001*
Total Hospital admissions
bef.
1.9
>0.05
aft
7.5
<0.001*
Oral steroid
bef.
0.21
>0.05
aft
2.8
<0.01*
Serum IgE (kU/L)
bef.
0.21
>0.05
aft
1.6
>0.05
Blood eosinophils (%)
bef.
0.38
>0.05
aft
4.2
<0.001*
(*) is significant There were significant decreases in the frequency of emergency room visit, total hospital admissions, and the intake of oral steroids between L-Carnitine-supplemented children compared to placebo group during the study period. The blood eosinophils % decreased significantly after treatment with L-Carnitine in asthmatic group. It was significantly lower in L-Carnitine treatment group than in placebo group. Serum Ig E showed no significant difference in treatment and placebo group (both before and after treatment).