Table 1.

Selection criteria.

Category	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population	Subjects diagnosed with autoimmune diseases, no age or gender restrictions	Subjects had a combination of other non-autoimmune diseases
Intervention	Exercise interventions, such as aerobic training, resistance training, high-intensity interval training, yoga, calisthenics, and traditional Chinese exercise, were conducted	Studies included non-exercise interventions or a combined exercise and non-exercise intervention
Comparator	Studies had a control group (including healthy or patient control) or self-control	–
Outcome	Inflammation-related markers, such as pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, C-reactive protein, and immune cell ratios, were included in the results	No analysis or description of inflammatory-related biomarkers was performed
Study design	Studies with an experimental design, including randomized controlled trials and non-randomized controlled trials	Protocols, reviews, case reports, pilot studies, follow-up studies, and observational studies were excluded