Table 4.

The effect of exercise on plasma IL-1β, TNF - α, and IL-6 concentrations.

Dimension	Group	0 week	4-weeks	8-weeks	P (inter-group)	P (time)	P (inter-action)
IL-1β (pg/ml)	NCC group	17.69 ± 1.76	17.13 ± 1.66	17.32 ± 1.51	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	CC group	24.93 ± 1.94 ΔΔ	23.34 ± 1.61 ΔΔ	21.69 ± 1.82 ΔΔ**
	CE group	25.20 ± 1.90 ΔΔ	22.49 ± 2.53 ΔΔ	20.20 ± 2.31 ΔΔ▴▴**
TNF-α (pg/ml)	NCC group	22.38 ± 2.07	22.39 ± 1.51	20.93 ± 1.71	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	CC group	30.88 ± 2.61 ΔΔ	29.10 ± 1.89 ΔΔ**	28.37 ± 1.33 ΔΔ**
	CE group	30.34 ± 2.13 ΔΔ	28.24 ± 1.79 ΔΔ▴	25.17 ± 2.45 ΔΔ▴▴**
IL-6 (pg/ml)	NCC group	12.93 ± 1.62	11.98 ± 1.12	12.20 ± 1.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	CC group	17.18 ± 1.31 ΔΔ	16.54 ± 1.27 ΔΔ	16.00 ± 1.52 ΔΔ**
	CE group	17.85 ± 1.94 ΔΔ	16.29 ± 1.19 ΔΔ	14.66 ± 1.61 ΔΔ▴▴**

ΔΔp < 0.01 compared with NCC group; ▴p < 0.05 compared with CC group; ▴▴p < 0.01 compared with CC group; and

^**p < 0.01 compared with week zero.