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Single bout exercise increases interleukine-6 in cigarette smokers

Hajirasouli Masoud, Hajirasouli Maral, Behbudi Laleh, Rohani Aliakbar

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/4.4.144-149

Int. J. Biosci. 4(4), 144-149. February, 2014. (PDF)

Abstract:

Epidemiologic studies clearly show strong relationship between inflammatory markers and metabolic disturbances. In this study, we evaluated the effect of one session exercise on serum IL 6 in smoker men. For this purpose, serum IL6 was measured before and immediately after a relatively long time running test in fifteen smoker men aged 40 48 year year. All smokers were none trained. Student’s paired‘t’ test was applied to compare the pre and post training values. Significance was accepted at P < 0.05. Data showed that exercise test resulted in significant increase in serum IL 6 in smoker subjects (p = 0.028). Based on this data, increased IL 6 has been attributed to the anti inflammatory effects of exercise on these subjects, although further studies are needed to clarify possible mechanisms by which exercise affect inflammatory profile in smokers or other population..