Table 3.

Serum concentration of inflammatory markers before and after weight loss and exercise therapy

	Diet		Exercise
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
HsCRP, mg/l	2.6±0.6	1.8±0.4*	3.0±0.6	3.1±1.1
IL-6, pg/ml	2.7±0.4	2.6±0.4	2.7±0.6	2.7±0.6
TNF-α, pg/ml	1.8±0.6	1.7±0.1	1.6±0.1	1.6±0.1

HsCRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein.

^*Pre/post differences are statistically significant (P < .05) based on t-tests for paired sample.