Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers in Patients Undergoing a Short-Term Aerobic Exercise Program while Hospitalized due to Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Table 6

Comparison of evaluation moments and groups in relation to systemic inflammation.

N = 26	Control group (N = 13)		Intervention group (N = 13)		time	group	TxG
	Hospitalization	After one month	Hospitalization	After one month
Log CRP (mg/dl)	2.91 ± 0.64	2.15 ± 0.56	2.65 ± 0.54	2.48 ± 0.37	0.37	0.95	0.44
logTNF-α (mg/dl)	0.61 ± 0.14	0.66 ± 0.29	0.67 ± 0.22	0.32 ± 0.10	0.60	0.58	0.07
Log IL-6 (mg/dl)	1.30 ± 0.61	1.10 ± 0.12	1.40 ± 0.52	0.52 ± 0.74	0.30	0.99	0.34

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Log, transformed into logarithms; CRP, C-reactive protein. TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL-6, interleukin 6; P TxG, p value of the interaction between time and group. , comparison evaluated by the two-way ANOVA test with repeated measures.