Interleukin-6 in exhaustive exercises and its correlation to bacteremia: a pilot study

Figures & data

Figure 1. The experimental methodology; (A) The pre-exercise sampling (B) The training protocol in the form of continuous swimming for: Group II: 10 minutes, Group III: 20 minutes, Group IV: 30 minutes (C) The post-exercise sampling.

Table 1. Comparison between group I and Group II, Group III, Group IV in circulating IL-6 levels after exercise.

		Plasma IL6 level		P value
		Group II, III, IV	Group I
Gp II	Week 1	4.03 ± 1.780	4.69 ± 0.226	0.46
	Week 2	2.95 ± 0.499	4.28 ± 0.404	0.007*
	Week 3	2.71 ± 0.084	5.19 ± 1.863	0.037*
Gp III	Week 1	3.99 ± 1.282	4.69 ± 0.226	0.39
	Week 2	3.08 ± 0.287	4.28 ± 0.404	0.002*
	Week 3	2.93 ± 0.478	5.19 ± 1.863	0.054*
Gp IV	Week 1	3.15 ± 0.771	4.69 ± 0.226	0.007*
	Week 2	2.52 ± 0.386	4.28 ± 0.404	0.0007**
	Week 3	2.73 ± 0.458	5.19 ± 1.863	0.040*

*: Significant, **: Highly-significant

Table 2. Comparison between the circulating IL-6 levels in Groups II, III and IV before and after exercise.

		Plasma IL6 level		P value
		Before exercise	After exercise
Gp II	Week 1	5.37 ± 2.056	4.03 ± 1.780	0.35
	Week 2	3.61 ± 0.974	2.95 ± 0.499	0.27
	Week 3	3.75 ± 0.489	2.71 ± 0.084	0.004*
Gp III	Week 1	4.96 ± 0.715	3.99 ± 1.282	0.22
	Week 2	4.50 ± 0.851	3.08 ± 0.287	0.02*
	Week 3	3.29 ± 0.236	2.93 ± 0.478	0.18
Gp IV	Week 1	5.17 ± 0.907	3.15 ± 0.771	0.01*
	Week 2	3.54 ± 0.322	2.52 ± 0.386	0.01*
	Week 3	15.04 ± 22.414	2.73 ± 0.458	0.31

*: Significant

Figure 2. Relation between exercise duration and IL6 level after exercise.

Table 3. The number of positive and negative bacterial growth before and after exercise in groups: II, III and IV.

Group Number	Week one		Week two		Week three
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Group II	- – - -	- – - -	- – - -	- – - -	- – - -	- – - -
Group III	- – - -	- – - -	- – - -	- – + +	- – - -	- – - -
Group IV	- – - -	- – - +	- – - -	+ + + +	- – - -	- – - +

Figure 3. Percentage of distribution of the bacterial isolates from rat’s blood samples.

Figure 4. Relation between exercise duration and infection susceptibility.