Research Article

Neutrophil and Monocyte Bactericidal Responses to 10 Weeks of Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval or Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training in Sedentary Adults

Table 3

Group baseline and final values for total numbers of white blood cells, percentages of monocyte subsets, and expression of TLR4 and TLR2.

HIITMICT
BaselineFinalBaselineFinal

Total WBC (×109 L−1)7.4 (2.7)8.2 (2.1)8.2 (1.1)7.7 (2.4)
Lymphocytes (×109 L−1)2.4 (0.9)2.5 (0.7)2.5 (0.4)2.7 (0.5)
Neutrophils (×109 L−1)4.6 (1.8)5.2 (1.7)5.2 (1.2)4.4 (2.0)
Monocytes (×109 L−1)0.3 (0.2)0.4 (0.2)0.4 (0.2)0.5 (1.1)
 CD14+/CD16 (%)87.2 (4.7)91.1 (4.5)86.9 (5.8)89.8 (6.1)
  TLR4 (MFI)3.9 (1.2)3.8 (1.4)3.9 (1.2)3.8 (1.3)
  TLR2 (MFI)119 (11.2)120 (10.1)121 (13.4)123 (14.1)
 CD14+/CD16int (%)4.4 (2.8)3.1 (2.2)4.7 (2.4)3.6 (2.2)
  TLR4 (MFI)5.0 (2.1)4.9 (2.8)5.1 (2.0)4.9 (2.1)
  TLR2 (MFI)123 (15.3)116 (16.5)124 (18.9)119 (19.9)
 CD14+/CD16bright (%)8.1 (4.4)5.8 (3.9)8.4 (3.1)6.9 (4.2)
  TLR4 (MFI)4.6 (3.2)4.0 (2.7)4.5 (3.0)3.9 (2.7)
  TLR2 (MFI)86 (10.9)85 (12.6)91 (13.2)93 (14.0)

WBC: white blood cell; CD: cluster of differentiation; TLR: toll-like receptor; MFI: median fluorescence intensity. Data are mean (SD). and are significant within group change scores.