Table 3 Baseline and post-intervention values of iron metabolism, inflammatory, and neurotrophic markers following 14 days of IPC or SHAM intervention.

From: Ischemic preconditioning modulates iron metabolism, acute inflammatory and neurotrophic responses to anaerobic exercise in untrained individuals: a randomized controlled trial

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

  1. IPC, ischemic preconditioning group; SHAM, s ham controlled group (control group); FSTL-1, follistatin-like 1; GDF-15, growth differentiation factor 15; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-10, interleukin-10; IL-15, interleukin-15; LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; NGF, nerve growth factor; sAPPα, Amyloid Precursor Protein.
  2. *significant differences vs. SHAM group after 14-days SHAM intervention (p < 0.01);