Table 2.

Correlation between blood markers and exercise levels.

Δ Blood markers	Δ Average daily steps	Resistance training minutes
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 120 bpa	r = 0.47; p = 0.12 n = 12	r = - 0.62; p = 0.02* n = 14
A TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 147 bpa	r = 0.48; p = 0.06* n = 16	r = −0.29; p = 0.25 n = 17
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 162 bpa	r = 0.21; p = 0.41 n = 17	r = −0.27; p = 0.28 n = 18
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 164 bpa	r = 0.51; p = 0.04* n = 17	r = - 0.18; p = 0.48 n = 18
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 170 bpa	r = 0.14; p = 0.59 n = 17	r = − 0.05; p = 0.83 n = 18
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 239 bpb	r = − 0.15; p = 0.57 n = 17	r = − 0.32; p = 0.19 n = 18
Δ TNFα promoter methylation at CpG – 245 bpb	r = − 0.02; p = 0.94 n = 18	r = − 0.14; p = 0.57 n = 19
Δ TNFα mRNA expressionb	r = − 0.20; p = 0.43 n = 18	r = - 0.15; p = 0.53 n = 19
Δ TNFαa	r = 0.01; p = 0.98 n = 18	r = 0.08; p = 0.76 n = 18
Δ TNFα sR1a	r = − 0.18; p = 0.48 n = 18	r = − 0.34; p = 0.16 n = 18
Δ TNFα sR2a	r = − 0.40; p = 0.10 n = 18	r = 0.07; p = 0.77 n = 18
Δ IFN-γa	r = 0.07; p = 0.78 n = 18	r = 0.54; p = 0.02* n = 18
Δ IL-1βb	r = − 0.01; p = 0.96 n = 18	r = 0.60; p = 0.01* n = 18
Δ IL-2b	r = 0.12; p = 0.63 n = 18	r = 0.57; p = 0.01* n = 18
Δ sIL-2Ra	r = - 0.20; p = 0.42 n = 18	r = − 0.06; p = 0.80 n = 18
Δ IL-6a	r = − 0.22; p = 0.39 n = 18	r = 0.12; p = 0.62 n = 18
Δ sIL-6Rb	r = − 0.31; p = 0.20 n = 18	r = 0.06; p = 0.82 n = 18
Δ IL-8a	r = 0.27; p = 0.29 n = 18	r = 0.16; p = 0.52 n = 18
Δ IL-10a	r = 0.02; p = 0.93 n = 18	r = 0.04; p = 0.87 n = 18

^alog-transformed.

^braw values in percentages.

^*Statistical significance at p < 0.10.