Comparison | Subgroup | No. studies | No. Cases | No. Controls | Meta-analysis | Heterogeneity | ||||||
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Effect size | 95% Confidence interval (%) | p | Eggers | I2 (%) | Q | p | ||||||
Pre–Post | ||||||||||||
IL-6 | Overall | 9 | 184 | NA | −0.0925 | −0.2976; 0.1125 | 0.3765 | 0.45 | 0.0% | 3.69 | 0.8843 | |
Acute Exercise | 4 | 56 | −0.0724 | −0.4459; 0.3010 | 0.7037 | 0.8997 | 0.0% | 2.98 | NA | |||
Regular Exercise | 5 | 128 | −0.1012 | −0.3465; 0.1442 | 0.4189 | 0.0% | 0.69 | |||||
TNF-α | Overall | 6 | 102 | NA | −0.5162 | −0.9195; -0.1129 | 0.0121 | 0.27 | 48.6% | 9.73 | 0.0833 | |
Acute Exercise | 2 | 27 | −0.2190 | −0.7551; 0.3171 | 0.4233 | 0.2591 | 0.0% | 0.28 | NA | |||
Regular Exercise | 4 | 75 | −0.6705 | −1.2429; -0.0982 | 0.0217 | 63.7% | 8.26 | |||||
MS-Control | ||||||||||||
IL-6 | Overall | 5 | 137 | 121 | −0.0888 | −0.3351; 0.1575 | 0.4798 | 0.18 | 0.0% | 2.66 | 0.6162 | |
Acute Exercise | 3 | 43 | 30 | 0.1023 | −0.3673; 0.5719 | 0.6694 | 0.3579 | 0.0% | 0.61 | NA | ||
Regular Exercise | 2 | 94 | 91 | −0.1623 | −0.4750; 0.1503 | 0.3088 | 14.4% | 1.17 | ||||
TNF-α | Overall | 3 | 62 | 38 | −0.2364 | −0.6551; 0.1824 | 0.2686 | 0.23 | 0.0% | 0.60 | 0.7410 | |
Acute Exercise | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0.0108 | −0.8266; 0.8482 | NA | 0.5041 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Regular Exercise | 2 | 48 | 29 | −0.3188 | −0.8023; 0.1648 | 0.1963 | 0.0% | 0.15 |