Abstract:Objective To study the relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Methods Clinically diagnosed 446 CKD patients were chosen as observation group, 152 healthy people having physical examination in the hospital as control group. Serum homocysteine (Hcy) level was evaluated using chemiluminescence method. The patient's serum Hcy levels were compared between both groups, and the effect of serum Hcy level on left ventricular structure and function was analyzed and the value of hyperhomocysteinemia in prediction of chronic kidney diseases was investigated. Results Serum Hcy level had obvious correlation with chronic kidney diseases. Serum Hcy level of the CKD patients was higher than that of the healthy people. With the progress of CKD stage, the patients' serum Hcy level increased. High Hcy is a risk factor for the onset of chronic kidney diseases (Wald χ2 = 9.773, P = 0.007; ■ = 2.245, 95% CI: 1.275, 4.938). Serum Hcy level had a great influence in patients' left ventricular structure and function, The left ventricular structure and function indexes of the patients with normal or high Hcy were significantly different from those of the control group (P < 0.05). Taking 11.52 μmol/L as the cut-off point, serum Hcy testing had a certain value in prediction of chronic kidney diseases (AUC = 0.874, 95% CI of AUC: 0.673, 0.954). Conclusions Serum Hcy level has an obvious correlation with chronic kidney diseases, is a risk factor for the onset of chronic kidney diseases. High Hcy has a great influence in left ventricular structure and function of the patients. Serum Hcy test combined with specific indicators of concrete kidney disease has high application value in prediction of all kinds of kidney diseases.