Physical activity initiated by employer induces improvements in a novel set of biomarkers of inflammation: an 8-week follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We investigated the level of pro- and anti-inflammatory biomarkers before and after 8 weeks of unsupervised physical activity (PA) initiated by employer.

Methods

During autumn 2014, background data, blood samples and self-reported exercise level were collected from 76 men and 41 women in a Norwegian road maintenance company. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), leptin, adiponectin, p-selectin and CD40 ligand (CD40L) were analyzed. [Formula: see text] was measured in a subgroup of 50 subjects.

Results

With reference point of exercise ≤1 time/week, we found that participants who exercised 2-3 times/week had higher [Formula: see text] values (5.6 mL kg^-1 min^-1; 95% CI [1.3, 9.

SUBMITTER: Lunde LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5346428 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature