Serum Interleukin-18 Levels Are Associated with Physical Activity in Japanese Men

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the link between serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels and physical activity in Japanese men. METHODS: A total of 81 men (45.7±17.6 years old) was enrolled in this cross-sectional investigation study. We assessed anthropometric and body composition parameters. Serum IL-18 lev...

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Autores principales: Oda, Kanae, Miyatake, Nobuyuki, Sakano, Noriko, Saito, Takeshi, Miyachi, Motohiko, Tabata, Izumi, Numata, Takeyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081497
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To investigate the link between serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels and physical activity in Japanese men. METHODS: A total of 81 men (45.7±17.6 years old) was enrolled in this cross-sectional investigation study. We assessed anthropometric and body composition parameters. Serum IL-18 levels, physical activity by uniaxial accelerometers, peak oxygen uptake and metabolic risk parameters were also evaluated. RESULTS: Serum IL-18 levels were 179.4±84.7 pg/mL. Physical activity evaluated by Σ[metabolic equivalents × h per week (METs⋅h/w)]was significantly and negatively correlated with serum IL-18 levels (r = −0.252, p = 0.0235). These associations remained even after adjusting for age, peak oxygen uptake and other confounding factors. CONCLUSION: Serum IL-18 levels were closely associated with physical activity independent of peak oxygen uptake in Japanese men.

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