Inflammatory mediation of aerobic, resistance, and combined exercise effects on the vascular elasticity of obese women

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  Figure 1. Changes in inflammation factors and vascular elasticity function during intervention in AE, RE, and CE groups Values are means ± SD. CRP, C reactive protein; IL-8, interleukin 8; IL-10, interleukin 10, FMD, flow-mediated endothelial function; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity. ∗p < 0.05 vs. pre-test within same group; #p < 0.05 vs. 4 weeks within the same group; a p < 0.05 vs. AE group at the same time point; b p < 0.05 vs. RE group at the same time point. CRP was analyzed as a covariate in the analysis of covariance by using its baseline value as a covariate. The error bars indicate standard deviation.

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  Figure 2. Correlation heatmap of changes in body composition, vascular elasticity, and inflammatory factors Color gradients indicate effect size and direction (red = positive correlation, blue = negative correlation association), ∗ indicates p ≤ 0.05,∗∗ indicates p ≤ 0.01.

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  Flow chart of subject participation

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  Overview of the study schedule Baseline (W-0), mid-intervention (W-4), and post-intervention (W-8) examinations: body composition, cardiac function, vascular elasticity function, and blood inflammation factors.