Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of different hemopurification types on autoimmunity, inflammation stress and the quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and their correlations. Methods A total of 138 cases of ESRD patients were chosen by convenience sampling method from June 2015 to June 2016 in the Hemodialysis Center of Nephrology Department of the Central Hospital of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture. Among them 82 cases were enrolled into hemodialysis (HD) group, 39 cases into high-flux hemodialysis (HFHD) group and 17 cases into hemodiafiltration (HDF) group. The percentages of immune cells (CD4+, CD8+, CD25+, CD4+/ CD8+), serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), interleukin-6 (IL-6)and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and the quality of life score were tested by flow cytometry, cell biochromatography and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and 6 months after hemopurification, and then compared within a group and among different groups. Results After 6 months, the immune cells (CD4+, CD25+, CD4+/CD8+) and inflammatory factors (CRP, sIL-2R, IL-6) except for CD8+ and TNF-α were statistically different among the three groups and so were the score of subdimension and the total score of the quality of life (P < 0.05). Compared to the HD group, the levels of inflammatory factors were lowered, the content of immune cells and the subdimensional and total scores of the quality of life increased in the HDF group and the HFHD group, there were statistical significance. Among them, the immune cell levels and the subdimensional and total scores of the quality of life increased most significantly in the HFHD group, which were statistically different from those in the HDF group; the levels of the inflammatory factors dropped the most in the HDF group, which were not statistically different from those in the HFHD group. The levels of immune cells and inflammatory factors and the subdimensional and total scores of the quality of life were statistically different before and after treatment in the HDF and HFHD groups. The results of correlation analysis showed that immune cells (CD4+, CD25+, CD4+/CD8+) and inflammatory factors (CRP, sIL-2R,IL-6) were not correlated with the quality of life in the HD group (P > 0.05), were in moderately to highly positive and moderately negative correlations with the quality of life in the HFHD group and in moderately positive and negative correlations with the quality of life in the HDF group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Both HDF and HFHD can lower the levels of inflammation factors, increase immunity cell levels and improve the quality of life of ESRD patients; however, the effect of HFHD is better.