Table 3.

Significant correlations between cytokine levels, inflammatory cell counts, exhaled NO, and mechanical parameters in the LPS and exercise + LPS groups.

	Neutro T	Neutro B	IL-10 T	IL-10 B	IL-6 T	IL-6 B	IL-1β B	Exhaled NO
Neutro T			R = -0.553 P = 0.026
IL-10 P				R = 0.678 P = 0.015
IL-6 T	R = -0.640 P = 0.007	R = -0.574 P = 0.020	R = 0.524 P = 0.037
IL-6 B							R = 0.869 P < 0.001
IL-6 P				R = 0.636 P = 0.026
KC B				R = 0.504 P = 0.047		R = 0.729 P = 0.001	R = 0.653 P < 0.006
TNF-α T	R = 0.578 P = 0.019		R = -0.685 P = 0.003		R = -0.597 P = 0.015
Elastance								R = 0.718 P = 0.002
Resistance								R = 0.729 P = 0.001

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; IL-1β B, IL-1β in BALF; IL-6 B, IL-6 in BALF; IL-6 S, IL-6 in plasma; IL-6 T, IL-6 in lung tissue; IL-10 B, IL-10 in BALF; IL-10 S, IL-10 in plasma; IL-10 T, IL-10 in lung tissue; KC B, KC in BALF; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; Neutro B, neutrophil in BALF; Neutro T, neutrophil in lung tissue; TNF-α T, TNF-α in lung tissue.