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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Sep 5.
Published before final editing as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2026 Aug 19:156830. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2026.156830

Table 2:

Baseline measures of inflammation, circulating tumor cells, and circulating tumor DNA in the Exercise and Colorectal Cancer Treatment (EXACT) trial (N=57)

Marker Geometric mean ± SD.
High-sensitivity c-reactive protein (hsCRP) (mg/L) 2.4 ± 2.1
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) (pg/mL)a 4.7 ± 4.0
Soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6r) (pg/mL)b 17903.9 ± 1.5
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) (pg/mL)c 8.1 ± 1.7
Soluble tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 1 (sTNFr1) (pg/mL)d 826.0 ± 2.0
Soluble tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 2 (sTNFr2) (pg/mL)e 5917.5 ± 1.5
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) (pg/mL)f 3.8 ± 1.7
Soluble interleukin-2 receptor alpha (sIL-2rα) (pg/mL)g 435.8 ± 1.4
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) (pg/mL)h 24.2 ± 2.8
Interleukin-23 (IL-23)(pg/mL)i 305.1 ± 2.1
Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products (sRAGE) (pg/mL)j 180.2 ± 2.0
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) (cells/mL) 1.5 ± 2.0
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) (%) 0.011 ± 0.007
a

To convert pg/mL interleukin-6 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0481

b

To convert pg/mL soluble interleukin-6 receptor to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0237

c

To convert pg/mL tumor necrosis factor alpha to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0575

d

To convert pg/mL soluble tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 1 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0182

e

To convert pg/mL soluble tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor 2 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0133

f

To convert pg/mL interleukin-2 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0667

g

To convert pg/mL soluble interleukin-2 receptor alpha to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0403

h

To convert pg/mL interleukin-10 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0556

i

To convert pg/mL interleukin-23 to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0169

j

To convert pg/mL soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products to pmol/L, multiply by 0.0294