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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 Jul 27;25(11):1822–1828. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.07.015

Table 2.

Effects of exercise and diet interventions on biomarker levels.

Exercise Only Diet Only Diet & Exercise
Baseline 18 months Change 18 months Change 18 months Change
Description Mean, SE (95% CI) Mean, SE (95% CI) Mean, SE (%) Mean, SE (95% CI) Mean, SE (%) Effect Size Mean, SE (95% CI) Mean, SE (%) Effect Size P-value (18 months)
Log C1M Mean Result 11.56, 0.03 (11.51, 11.61) 11.48, 0.04 (11.40, 11.55) −0.08, 0.04 (−0.66) 11.34, 0.04 (11.27, 11.41) −0.21, 0.04 (−1.82) −0.26 11.32, 0.04 (11.25, 11.39) −0.23, 0.04 (−2.00) −0.29 0.0035
Log C2M Mean Result −0.82, 0.02 (−0.86, −0.78) −0.82, 0.02 (−0.87, −0.78) 0.01, 0.02 (−0.84) −0.83, 0.02 (−0.87, −0.78) 0.00, 0.02 (−0.35) −0.01 −0.80, 0.02 (−0.84, −0.75) 0.03, 0.02 (−4.20) 0.07 0.5565
Log C3M Mean Result 10.70, 0.02 (10.66, 10.74) 10.64, 0.02 (10.59, 10.69) −0.05, 0.02 (−0.49) 10.61, 0.03 (10.56, 10.66) −0.09, 0.03 (−0.82) −0.09 10.55, 0.02 (10.50, 10.60) −0.15, 0.02 (−1.37) −0.24 0.0208
Log CRPM Mean Result 9.84, 0.02 (9.80, 9.88) 9.73, 0.03 (9.68, 9.79) −0.08, 0.03 (−0.84) 9.74, 0.03 (9.68, 9.79) −0.08, 0.03 (−0.83) 0.00 9.71, 0.03 (9.65, 9.76) −0.11, 0.03 (−1.12) −0.06 0.6922

All 18 month means adjusted for baseline values, baseline BMI and gender. Effect size is based on comparison to the exercise only group.