Table 2.
Serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and markers of oxidative stress and vascular remodeling.
| Air (n=8) |
Single (n=7) |
Repeated (n=8) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1β (pg/mL) | 288 ± 147 | 527 ± 325 | 138 ± 100 |
| ICAM-1 (pg/mL) | 1676 ± 98 | 1451 ± 61 | 1743 ± 150 |
| 8-isoprostane (pg/mL) | 88 ± 4 | 57 ± 10 | 133 ± 28* |
| MMP-9 (pg/mL) | 5.2 ± 0.5 | 5.6 ± 0.2 | 5.6 ± 0.9 |
Data are mean ± SEM.
p<0.05 vs. Single by one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey test.