In the authors' words
“Overall, exercise training significantly reduced IL-6 [-0.75 (95% CI: -1.07 to -0.42), p < 0.001; 20 interventions], TNF-alpha [-0.64 (95% CI: -0.91 to -0.37), p < 0.001; 24 interventions] and CRP [-0.64 (95%CI: -0.91 to -0.38), p < 0.001; 21 interventions] and increase adiponectin [0.98 (95% CI: 0.10 to 1.86), p = 0.02; 6 interventions], when compared with control.”
What was measured
- Inflammation Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Meta-analysis
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal
- How many
- 1,510
- Exercise
- Other aerobic exercise, Resistance training, Aerobic plus resistance
- Cited
- 58 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 33965553
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