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. 2021 Nov 17;13(1):1997559. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1997559

Table 1.

 
Longitudinal cohort (Webex) (N = 78)
Cross-sectional cohort (N = 35)
 
 
Control group (n = 40)
Exercise group (n = 38)
 
 
  Baseline Mean (± SD) Follow-up Mean (± SD) Baseline Mean (± SD) Follow-up Mean (± SD) Mean (± SD)  
Demographics  
Age (y) 67.59 (9.71) 65.32 (10.08) 69.51 (8.77)  
Men/Women (%) 8/32 (20/80) 10/28 (26/73) 10/25 (32/68)  
BMI (kg/m2) 32.86 (7.80) 32.58 (7.50) 29.81 (5.12) 30.31 (7.26)
Endocannabinoids  
2-AG 52.40 (42.12) 49.32 (32.13) 42.50 (28.85) 44.61 (30.48) 41.91 (36.81)  
AEA 1.68 (.38) 1.53 (.26) 1.61 (.35) 1.79 (.44)** .94 (.34)  
OEA 7.18 (1.49) 7.15 (2.03) 6.71 (1.87) 7.37 (2.13)** 4.48 (1.78)  
PEA 21.99 (33.22) 19.19 (16.99) 26.41 (24.14) 42.07 (31.18)** 26.03 (21.92)  
Cytokines  
INFγ 18.46 (17.91) 17.15 (15.63) 14.29 (10.80) 11.25 (7.30) 12.71 (8.12)  
IL-10 1.02 (1.69) .79 (.76) .55 (.36) .42 (.31) * .67 (.53)  
IL-13 3.44 (2.49) 2.91 (1.15) 3.26 (1.54) 1.81 (.98)** 3.18 (2.71)  
IL-1 .34 (.45) .22 (.15) .28 (.27) .18 (.09) .41 (.39)  
IL-4 .34 (.62) .32 (.21) .30 (.57) .10 (.03)** .15 (.09)  
IL-6 3.16 (2.93) 2.82 (2.74) 2.67 (.86) 2.02 (.71) 1.42 (1.22)  
IL-8 41.75 (35.62) 40.04 (35.84) 42.50 (2.21) 32.80 (2.20) 31.79 (17.19)  
TNFα 7.05 (6.46) 6.44 (6.03) 7.78 (9.01) 5.91 (3.52)* 3.37 (.89)  
SCFAs  
Acetic acid 28.98 (17.89) 26.92 (16.45) 33.61 (18.43) 32.38 (17.12) 43.43 (68.69)  
Butyric acid 11.04 (2.53) 10.63 (2.74) 10.86 (2.67) 17.23 (4.10)* 8.39 (.73)  
Propionic acid 2.28 (5.98) 2.28 (6.17) 2.42 (6.57) 6.91 (2.03)* 10.13 (.79)  
Valeric acid 3.21 (7.33) 2.92 (7.7) 3.20 (4.31) 3.38 (4.63) 1.25 (.52)  
Iso-butyric acid 10.39 (2.90) 10.65 (3.09) 9.67 (2.35) 11.79 (3.47)* 10.69 (5.70)  
Iso-valeric acid 5.69 (3.17) 5.95 (3.02) 5.55 (2.52) 5.61 (2.30) 7.26 (2.45)  

BMI (Body Mass Index); SCFA (Short Chain Fatty Acids)

*p < .05; **p < .001. p values are FDR corrected obtained from paired matched t test between baseline and follow-up.