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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2019 Nov 26;128:109883. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109883

Table 2.

Pre- and post- 16 weeks

TC (n = 18) RB (n = 15) TAU (n = 18)

MoCA* pre 24.3 (3) 22.9 (4) 24.7 (2)
post 25.2 (3) 24.9 (4) 23.6 (3)

BDI* pre 9.6(6) 11.9 (7) 8.0 (6)
post 6.1 (5) 8.6 (6) 7.0 (6)

CRP mg/L pre 3.7 (4.8) 1.6 (1.1) 2.0 (3.0)
post 4.5 (4.4) 1.4 (1.5) 2.2 (2.4)

IL-6 pg/ml pre 1.5 (.8) 1.9 (.9) 1.3 (.7)
post 2.0 (1.4) 1.8 (1.6) 1.3 (.7)

TNFa pg/ml pre 3.3 (1.2) 3.8 (1.1) 7 (.5)
post 3.0 (1.2) 3.8 (1.8) 2.7 (1.3)

Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA)

*

(p< .05)

Data are reported as mean ± SD. TC = Tai Chi; RB = resistance band; TAU = treatment as usual; BDI = Beck Depression Index; MoCA=Montreal Cognitive Assessment; CRP = C-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin-6; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor- alpha