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Plasma ghrelin level is influenced by Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) status and the severity of gastric mucosal atrophy, and the ghrelin level is associated with nutrition status in hemodialysis patients. Here, we investigated the efficacy of H. pylori eradication therapy in improving nutrition status in relation to the ghrelin level in H. pylori -positive hemodialysis patients. Of H. pylori -positive patients receiving hemodialysis at 8 dialysis center, 21 patients underwent gastroduodenoscopy for evaluation of the severity of gastric atrophy, and nutrition markers and plasma ghrelin levels before and 1 year after H. pylori eradication therapy were evaluated. Serum cholinesterase level was significantly increased after H. pylori eradication compared with the level before eradication (303.2 ± 76.0 vs 287.3 ± 68.1 IU/L, p  = 0.029). In particular, cholesterol (before, 196.6 ± 23.2 mg/dl; after, 206.1 ± 25.9 mg/dl, p  = 0.042) and cholinesterase levels (before, 296.9 ± 70.8 IU/L; after, 316.4 ± 73.8 IU/L, p  = 0.049) increased more strongly in patients with mild-moderate atrophy than those with severe atrophy, irrespective of improvement of plasma acyl-ghrelin and desacyl-ghrelin levels after eradication therapy. In conclusion, H. pylori eradication may improve nutrition status by increasing serum cholinesterase and cholesterol levels in hemodialysis patients, especially those with mild and moderate gastric mucosal atrophy.

Eradication therapy for <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection improves nutrition status in Japanese hemodialysis patients: a pilot study