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. 2020 Oct 2;53(3):496–504. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002490

TABLE 2.

Exercise effects on inflammatory markers.

Outcome Group Baseline (Mean ± SD) Postintervention (Mean ± SD) Baseline to Postintervention
Within-Group Difference, Mean (95% CI) Between-Group Difference, Mean (95% CI)
CD40-L RT-HIIT 5.86 ± 1.87 4.90 ± 1.55 −1.06 (−1.79 to −0.32)* 0.19 (−0.60 to 0.99)
AT-HIIT 6.07 ± 1.60 5.52 ± 1.18 −0.48 (−1.30 to 0.35) 0.74 (−0.05 to 1.53)
UC 6.52 ± 1.33 4.82 ± 1.58 −1.73 (−2.47 to −0.99)* Reference
EGF RT-HIIT 7.60 ± 1.54 6.65 ± 1.35 −1.06 (−1.76 to −0.36)* 0.29 (−0.49 to 1.07)
AT-HIIT 7.76 ± 1.50 7.14 ± 1.34 −0.52 (−1.38 to 0.34) 0.75 (−0.03 to 1.52)
UC 8.16 ± 1.46 6.39 ± 1.53 −1.77 (−2.55 to −1.00)* Reference
IL-6 RT-HIIT 2.51 ± 0.83 2.54 ± 0.74 −0.01 (−0.39 to 0.37) −0.47 (−0.87 to −0.07)*
AT-HIIT 2.85 ± 0.96 3.03 ± 0.75 0.21 (−0.09 to 0.51) −0.15 (−0.55 to 0.25)
UC 2.59 ± 1.01 3.11 ± 1.01 0.49 (0.12 to 0.87)* Reference
TRAIL RT-HIIT 6.98 ± 0.29 7.02 ± 0.39 −0.004 (−0.19 to 0.18) −0.17 (−0.38 to 0.03)
AT-HIIT 7.18 ± 0.55 7.33 ± 0.49 0.14 (−0.03 to 0.30) 0.05 (−0.16 to 0.26)
UC 7.02 ± 0.51 7.21 ± 0.42 0.18 (0.03 to 0.33)* Reference
CD8a RT-HIIT 8.19 ± 0.86 8.00 ± 0.72 −0.24 (−0.44 to −0.03)* −0.28 (−0.57 to 0.004)
AT-HIIT 8.07 ± 0.70 7.96 ± 0.74 −0.12 (−0.29 to 0.06) −0.20 (−0.48 to 0.09)
UC 7.99 ± 0.72 8.09 ± 0.80 0.10 (−0.10 to 0.30) Reference
DCN RT-HIIT 3.55 ± 0.33 3.56 ± 0.39 −0.02 (−0.12 to 0.09) −0.14 (−0.31 to 0.03)
AT-HIIT 3.64 ± 0.50 3.75 ± 0.52 0.08 (−0.03 to 0.20) 0.005 (−0.16 to 0.17)
UC 3.44 ± 0.54 3.62 ± 0.42 0.17 (0.03 to 0.30)* Reference
CCL17 RT-HIIT 7.23 ± 1.28 6.85 ± 1.23 −0.45 (−0.94 to 0.03) 0.15 (−0.44 to 0.74)
AT-HIIT 7.28 ± 0.96 7.13 ± 1.08 −0.12 (−0.62 to 0.38) 0.40 (−0.19 to 0.99)
UC 7.56 ± 1.07 6.84 ± 1.11 −0.73 (−1.22 to −0.24)* Reference
CASP-8 RT-HIIT 3.79 ± 1.25 3.18 ± 0.91 −0.75 (−1.34 to −0.16)* 0.20 (−0.25 to 0.66)
AT-HIIT 3.70 ± 1.13 3.43 ± 0.74 −0.27 (−0.89 to 0.35) 0.40 (−0.05 to 0.86)
UC 3.95 ± 1.01 3.03 ± 0.86 −0.96 (−1.39 to −0.53)* Reference
ICOSLG RT-HIIT 3.77 ± 0.42 3.79 ± 0.48 −0.02 (−0.14 to 0.11) −0.14 (−0.32 to 0.04)
AT-HIIT 3.73 ± 0.55 3.84 ± 0.46 0.08 (−0.06 to 0.23) −0.05 (−0.23 to 0.13)
UC 3.65 ± 0.49 3.84 ± 0.43 0.18 (0.05 to 0.31)* Reference
CSF-1 RT-HIIT 6.73 ± 0.36 6.77 ± 0.41 −0.01 (−0.16 to 0.13) −0.13 (−0.30 to 0.03)
AT-HIIT 6.83 ± 0.51 6.92 ± 0.45 0.08 (−0.04 to 0.20) −0.03 (−0.19 to 0.13)
UC 6.68 ± 0.49 6.86 ± 0.45 0.17 (0.08 to 0.27)* Reference
IFN-γa RT-HIIT 0.88 ± 1.59 1.01 ± 1.60 0.09 (−0.65 to 0.82) −0.51 (−1.20 to 0.17)
AT-HIIT 1.20 ± 0.98 1.46 ± 0.95 0.28 (−0.14 to 0.69) −0.14 (−0.82 to 0.54)
UC 0.88 ± 1.65 1.49 ± 1.25 0.57 (−0.05 to 1.19) Reference
IL-10a RT-HIIT 0.92 ± 0.27 0.81 ± 0.26 −0.08 (−0.28 to 0.13) 0.13 (−0.02 to 0.29)
AT-HIIT 0.95 ± 0.23 0.70 ± 0.18 −0.29 (−0.40 to −0.19)* −0.0004 (−0.14 to 0.14)
UC 0.92 ± 0.26 0.71 ± 0.22 −0.27 (−0.41 to −0.12)* Reference
FasL RT-HIIT 5.18 ± 0.49 5.38 ± 0.58 0.11 (−0.05 to 0.27) −0.15 (−0.39 to 0.08)
AT-HIIT 5.06 ± 0.64 5.38 ± 0.53 0.31 (0.13 to 0.48)* −0.02 (−0.25 to 0.21)
UC 5.06 ± 0.60 5.42 ± 0.63 0.33 (0.16 to 0.51)* Reference
CXCL9 RT-HIIT 6.21 ± 0.73 6.73 ± 0.84 0.48 (0.13 to 0.83)* 0.04 (−0.37 to 0.45)
AT-HIIT 6.50 ± 1.03 7.13 ± 0.83 0.66 (0.32 to 1.00)* 0.28 (−0.13 to 0.69)
UC 6.29 ± 0.95 6.82 ± 0.94 0.47 (0.10 to 0.84)* Reference
MIC A/B RT-HIIT 3.11 ± 1.07 3.06 ± 1.04 −0.06 (−0.19 to 0.06) −0.14 (−0.30 to 0.03)
AT-HIIT 2.84 ± 1.16 2.88 ± 1.16 0.02 (−0.09 to 0.14) −0.06 (−0.22 to 0.11)
UC 2.97 ± 1.17 3.06 ± 1.29 0.09 (−0.03 to 0.21) Reference

Baseline values, within-group differences, and between-group differences were based on participants having baseline and postintervention measurements (RT-HIIT = 30, AT-HIIT = 27, UC = 29).

*P < 0.05.

aLog-transformed.

CASP-8, caspase-8; CD40-L, CD40 ligand; CSF-1, macrophage colony stimulating factor 1; CXCL9, C-X-C motif chemokine 9; DCN, decorin; FasL, Fas antigen ligand; ICOSLG, ICOS ligand; MIC A/B, MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A/B; TRAIL, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand.