Effects of 8-Week Hatha Yoga Training on Metabolic and Inflammatory Markers in Healthy, Female Chinese Subjects: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

Plasma cytokines measured in the fasted state before and after yoga intervention.

	Control		Yoga
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
IL-8 (pg/mL)	6.17 ± 0.61	5.13 ± 0.52	5.64 ± 0.56	5.03 ± 0.34
MCP-1 (pg/mL)	159.70 ± 20.86	148.95 ± 20.00	145.71 ± 19.95	149.52 ± 14.44
TNF-α (pg/mL)	2.15 ± 0.30	2.36 ± 0.38	1.66 ± 0.19	1.96 ± 0.30

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.