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. 2020 Jan 9;10:1550. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01550

Table 3.

Immediate effects of moderate and intense exercise (0–15 min) on inflammatory markers.

Inflammatory marker Moderate exercise References Intense exercise References
WBC Draganidis et al., 2013; Marklund et al., 2013 ↑] 1.44; 3.5 [x
d = 9.28 ± 6.15§
Bonsignore et al., 2001; Connolly et al., 2004;
Degerstrøm and Østerud, 2006; Spiropoulos et al., 2010;
Nieman et al., 2012;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015;
Stelzer et al., 2015
Bernecker et al., 2011;
Abbasi et al., 2013;
Draganidis et al., 2013
Lymphocytes ↑1.41 ×
d = 1.98
Wadley et al., 2015 ↑] 1.30; 2.69 [x
d = 6.52 ± 4.26
Connolly et al., 2004;
Degerstrøm and Østerud, 2006; Nieman et al., 2012;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015;
Stelzer et al., 2015;
Wadley et al., 2015
↓4.21 x
d = 3.89
Bonsignore et al., 2001
Abbasi et al., 2013
NK cells ↑5.5 x
d = 8.20
Brenner et al., 1999 ↑8.83 x
d = 10.12
Brenner et al., 1999
NK cells cytolytic activity ↑2.92 x
d = 10.48
Brenner et al., 1999 ↑4.63 x
d = 13.86
Brenner et al., 1999
IL-6 ↑] 1.33; 4.20 [x
d = 3.91 ± 3.87
Brenner et al., 1999; Wadley et al., 2015 ↑] 1.59; 26.79 [x
d = 4.04 ± 2.34§
Ostrowski et al., 1999;
Connolly et al., 2004;
Spiropoulos et al., 2010*; Nieman et al., 2012;Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015;
Stelzer et al., 2015;
Ulven et al., 2015;
Wadley et al., 2015
Marklund et al., 2013; Azizbeigi et al., 2015 Brenner et al., 1999;
Degerstrøm and Østerud, 2006;
Bernecker et al., 2011;
Azizbeigi et al., 2015
IL-10 Brenner et al., 1999; Wadley et al., 2015 ↑] 1.57; 32.99 [x
d = 4.55 ± 3.37
Ostrowski et al., 1999;
Nieman et al., 2012;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015;
Ulven et al., 2015
Brenner et al., 1999;
Wadley et al., 2015
IL-8 ↑1.43 x
d = 1.04
Mucci et al., 1999 ↑] 1.37; 2.77 [x
d = 3.63 ± 2.41
Mucci et al., 1999;
Degerstrøm and Østerud, 2006;
Nieman et al., 2012;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015
Marklund et al., 2013
IL-1β ↑1.13 x
d = 0.64
Mucci et al., 1999 ↑] 1.13; 1.50 [x
d = 0.58 ± 0.29
Mucci et al., 1999;
Ostrowski et al., 1999;
Nieman et al., 2012
Marklund et al., 2013
TNF-α Brenner et al., 1999;
Marklund et al., 2013;
Azizbeigi et al., 2015
Brenner et al., 1999;
Bernecker et al., 2011;
Azizbeigi et al., 2015
↑] 1,30; 2.07 [x
d = 2.96 ± 2.20
Ostrowski et al., 1999;
Nieman et al., 2012;
Ulven et al., 2015
CRP ↑1.23 x
d = 1.02
Draganidis et al., 2013;
Marklund et al., 2013#
↑1.4 x
d = 1.15
Spiropoulos et al., 2010*; Draganidis et al., 2013
Fatouros et al., 2006;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015
CK ↑] 1.92; 24.16 [x
d = 3.09 ± 1.19
Draganidis et al., 2013; Marklund et al., 2013 ↑] 2.19; 4.75 [x
d = 3.27 ± 1.89
Draganidis et al., 2013;
Gonzalo-Calvo et al., 2015;
Stelzer et al., 2015
Brenner et al., 1999; Azizbeigi et al., 2015 Brenner et al., 1999;
Fatouros et al., 2006;
Azizbeigi et al., 2015

↑, significant increase; ↓, significant decrease; ↔, no change; CRP, C-reactive protein; d, effect size, expressed as mean ± sd; IL, Interleukin; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; WBC, white blood cells;

*

Spiropoulos et al. was not included to calculate the increase interval of IL-6 and CRP due very discrepant values after exercise when compared to the other studies (1,0470 and 6,000 times, respectively);

#

Marklund et al. was not included to calculate the increase interval of CRP due baseline value was not detectable.

§

Gonzalo-Calvo et al. (2015) and Ostrowski et al. (1999). were not included to calculate d due very discrepant value of 53.03 and 53.18, respectively.