Table 2.

Metabolic profile of sham‐operated and TBI‐rats

		Day 1 post TBI
Parameter	Baseline (n = 6–8)	Sedentary group (n = 6–8)	Trained group (n = 6–8)
Body weight (g)
Sham	319.9 ± 2.7	316.9 ± 2.9	322.5 ± 3.0
TBI	314.7 ± 3.1	316.8 ± 3.6	320.6 ± 2.1
Liver weight (g)
Sham		9.9 ± 0.5	10.1 ± 0.3
TBI		10.0 ± 1.6	9.7 ± 0.4
Serum IL‐6 (pg ml–1)
Sham		104.24 ± 31.0	98.09 ± 28.5
TBI		225.70 ± 69.10*	106.18 ± 31.4#
Serum TNF‐α (pg ml–1)
Sham		160.84 ± 42.1	159.39 ± 38.5
TBI		338.89 ± 89.99*	198.18 ± 59.4#
Serum ALT (IU mL–1)
Sham		18.13 ± 4.1	24.19 ± 7.5
TBI		22.33 ± 6.1	23.13 ± 5.6
Serum AST (IU mL–1)
Sham		102.4 ± 7.98	103.39 ± 8.50
TBI		106.3 ± 12.09	108.18 ± 11.10

Data are given as the mean ± SEM. ^* P < 0.05 sham/group. #P < 0.05 TBI/group.