Table 3 Baseline and post-intervention values of iron metabolism, inflammatory, and neurotrophic markers following 14 days of IPC or SHAM intervention.
Variable | Unit | IPC group (n = 15) | SHAM group (n = 13) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | Before | After | |||||||||
Mean ± SD | 95% CI | Mean ± SD | 95% CI | Mean ± SD | 95% CI | Mean ± SD | 95% CI | |||||
Erythroferrone | pg/mL | 568.62 ± 150.09† | 492.66–644.58 | 622.87 ± 143.36 | 550.33–695.42 | 535.08 ± 75.20 | 494.20–575.96 | 542.02 ± 78.61 | 499.29–584.75 | |||
Erythropoietin | mU/mL | 9.93 ± 1.25 | 9.40–10.46 | 11.08 ± 1.01 | 10.57–11.60 | 10.59 ± 1.58 | 9.73–11.44 | 11.16 ± 1.77 | 10.20–12.12 | |||
Ferritin | ng/ml | 110.89 ± 15.33†# | 103.13–118.64 | 120.85 ± 20.33 | 110.55–131.13 | 141.95 ± 31.81 | 124.66–159.24 | 134.66 ± 31.60 | 117.48–151.84 | |||
Hepcidin | ng/mL | 84.25 ± 32.55† | 67.78–100.72 | 94.45 ± 31.56 | 78.48–110.42 | 71.49 ± 43.01 | 48.11–94.87 | 73.48 ± 42.68 | 50.27–96.68 | |||
Iron | umol/l | 19.71 ± 6.49 | 16.42–22.99 | 20.23 ± 6.09* | 17.14–23.31 | 22.14 ± 10.93* | 16.20–28.08 | 29.62 ± 7.18 | 25.72–33.52 | |||
FSTL-1 | ng/mL | 17.29 ± 1.83 | 16.36–18.22 | 15.76 ± 3.23 | 14.12–17.39 | 16.89 ± 0.98 | 16.36–17.43 | 15.95 ± 2.42 | 14.63–17.27 | |||
GDF-15 | pg/mL | 0.37 ± 0.07 | 0.33–0.41 | 0.35 ± 0.09 | 0.30–0.40 | 0.33 ± 0.05 | 0.31–0.37 | 0.331 ± 0.06 | 0.30–0.37 | |||
IL-10 | pg/mL | 10.18 ± 0.94 | 9.56 ± 1.04 | 10.09 ± 0.76 | 9.71 ± 1.18 | |||||||
IL-15 | pg/mL | 16.91 ± 6.35 | 13.70–20.12 | 16.95 ± 3.85 | 15.01–18.90 | 19.45 ± 2.84 | 17.90–20.99 | 17.68 ± 5.40 | 14.74–20.61 | |||
IL-6 | pg/mL | 5.83 ± 0.61 | 5.52–6.14 | 5.13 ± 0.61 | 4.82–5.43 | 5.37 ± 0.74 | 4.96–5.77 | 5.13 ± 0.61 | 4.80–5.46 | |||
LIF | pg/mL | 39.20 ± 9.81 | 34.23–44.16 | 30.58 ± 8.45 | 26.30–34.86 | 37.04 ± 6.70 | 33.40–40.68 | 36.07 ± 7.66 | 31.91–40.24 | |||
BDNF | pg/mL | 16.69 ± 3.39 | 14.97–18.41 | 16.47 ± 2.95 | 14.98–17.97 | 15.43 ± 4.48 | 13.00–17.88 | 15.62 ± 4.18 | 13.35–17.90 | |||
IGF | pg/mL | 12.38 ± 4.64 | 10.03–14.74 | 12.41 ± 2.81 | 10.99–13.84 | 14.24 ± 2.08 | 13.07–14.95 | 12.94 ± 3.95 | 10.80–15.10 | |||
NGF | pg/mL | 41.12 ± 5.07 | 38.56–43.69 | 41.99 ± 4.97 | 39.48–44.51 | 41.96 ± 4.89 | 39.31–44.63 | 41.61 ± 2.39 | 40.31–42.92 | |||
sAPP | pg/mL | 25.52 ± 2.92 | 24.05–26.99 | 27.26 ± 3.54 | 25.48–29.07 | 24.44 ± 2.49 | 23.08–25.80 | 25.53 ± 2.03 | 24.43–26.64 | |||