In the authors' words
“We found no significant effect of exercise on changes in inflammatory marker concentrations between women randomized to exercise versus usual care, though secondary analyses revealed a significant reduction in IL-6 among exercisers who reached 80% of the intervention goal compared with those who did not.”
What was measured
- Inflammation No difference found
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, breast cancer survivors
- How many
- 75
- How long
- 26 weeks
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise
- Cited
- 102 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 23213072
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- Over one year, overweight postmenopausal women on a calorie restriction diet, with or without exercise, showed reduced inflammatory markers compared to controls, while exercise alone showed smaller effects.
- Postmenopausal breast cancer survivors cycling three times weekly for 15 weeks showed improved heart rate recovery and a non-significant drop in C-reactive protein versus controls.