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. 2018 Mar 23;9:262. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00262

Table 3.

Effects after 12-week training of inflammatory profile between EG (n = 24) and MG (n = 11).

Baseline 12 weeks Effect size Delta post-pre (95%CI) p Effect p F Effect size
IL-6 (pg/ml) EG 2.41 ± 1.55 1.42 ± 1.04 0.76 −0.91 [−1.80 to 0.03] Group 0.04 4.39 0.13
0.48 Time <0.01 10.55 0.27
MG 3.90 ± 2.93 2.22 ± 1.80 0.71 −1.66 [−3.91 to 0.58] Group × time 0.40 0.70 0.02
TNF-α (pg/ml) EG 8.10 ± 10.83 4.17 ± 8.15 0.41 −3.45 [−5.88 to −1.03] Group 0.31 1.05 0.03
0.44 Time <0.01 10.55 0.28
MG 14.14 ± 20.18 6.90 ± 7.52 0.52 −8.15 [−18.11 to 1.80] Group × time 0.34 0.94 0.03
IL-10 (pg/ml) EG 1.64 ± 0.63 1.80 ± 1.47 0.15 −0.09 [−0.56 to 0.75] Group 0.02 5.51 0.14
0.06 Time 0.15 2.08 0.06
MG 3.35 ± 2.60 2.30 ± 1.60 0.50 −1.05 [−2.19 to 0.09] Group × time 0.06 3.03 0.16
IL-15 (pg/ml) EG 57.73 ± 33.12 42.75 ± 32.91 0.86 −11.76 [−35.65 to 12.12] Group 0.10 2.80 0.07
0.69 Time 0.03 4.88 0.12
MG 89.11 ± 100.30 65.80 ± 42.23 0.33 −25.73 [−73.08 to 21.62] Group × time 0.63 0.23 <0.01
IL-10/TNF-α (pg/ml) EG 0.42 ± 0.34 2.67 ± 4.01 1.03 2.05 [−0.11 to 4.22] Group 0.17 1.16 0.08
0.03 Time 0.10 2.79 0.09
MG 0.67 ± 0.68 0.63 ± 0.53 0.07 −0.04 [−0.53 to 0.44] Group × time 0.09 3.03 0.10

IL-6, Interleukin-6; TNF-α, Tumor necrosis factor-alfa; IL-10, Interleukin-10; IL-15, Interleukin-15; IL-10/TNF-α, Interleukin-10/Tumor necrosis factor-alfa ratio. EG, elastic group; MG, weight machine group. Data expressed as mean and standard deviation; Delta post-pre: difference between the initial and final evaluations of each group expressed as mean and 95% confidence interval.