Table 4.
Group baseline and final values for inflammatory cytokines and acute phase proteins, endocrine, and metabolic hormones.
| HIIT | MICT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | |
| Proinflammatory | ||||
| IL-1β (pg mL−1)a | 0.1 (0.08) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.4 (0.9) |
| IL-6 (pg mL−1)a | 1.4 (1.6) | 1.0 (1.0) | 1.2 (1.0) | 0.8 (0.8) |
| IL-8 (pg mL−1) | 5.7 (2.1) | 4.4 (1.5) | 5.7 (2.5) | 5.4 (2.3) |
| IL-17 (pg mL−1)a | 5.5 (17.9) | 5.2 (15.7) | 13.8 (23.4) | 5.5 (14.7) |
| TNFα (pg mL−1)a | 0.8 (2.1) | 0.1 (0.4) | ND | 0.2 (0.5) |
| CRP (mg L−1)a | 3.0 (4.3) | 2.1 (2.2) | 1.2 (1.4) | 1.6 (1.8) |
| GM-CSF (pg mL −1)a | 0.02 (0.06) | ND | 0.02 (0.07) | 0.02 (0.07) |
| Anti-inflammatory | ||||
| IL-4 (pg mL−1)a | 0.04 (0.1) | 0.06 (0.1) | 0.02 (0.05) | 0.05 (0.07) |
| IL-10 (pg mL−1)a | 0.3 (1.1) | ND | ND | ND |
| IL-13 (pg mL−1)a | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.6 (0.9) | 1.1 (1.8) | 0.7 (1.1) |
| Endocrine | ||||
| Cortisol (nmol L−1)a | 200 (61.3) | 190 (62.1) | 197 (98.6) | 183 (56.0) |
| DHEAs (nmol L−1) | 3563 (1965) | 3841 (2087) | 4464 (2335) | 4144 (1739) |
| Cortisol: DHEAs | 0.07 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.04) | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.05 (0.02) |
| Metabolic | ||||
| Adiponectin (μg mL−1) | 3.8 (1.9) | 3.6 (1.8) | 3.3 (1.2) | 3.1 (1.3) |
| Leptin (ng mL−1) | 19.3 (11.3) | 18.0 (10.8) | 16.4 (9.6) | 14.6 (10.2)∗ |
| Leptin: adiponectin | 6.0 (4.4) | 6.1 (4.3) | 6.0 (4.6) | 5.8 (5.3) |
IL: interleukin; TNF: tumour necrosis factor; ND: nondetectable; CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; GM-CSF: granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor; DHEAs: dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate. Data are mean (SD). aNot normally distributed and were log transformed. ∗p < 0.05 significant within group change scores.