The amount of interleukin-6 in the serum of strength athletes and endurance athletes compared to non-athlete people

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the IL-6 level of serum in young strength athletes with the endurance athletes and non-athletes. This research is functional and the data were collected by using field study Material and Methods: For this, among the healthy candidates for attending in the research, 20 people (weight: 78 kg ± 4.1; height: 179 ± 3.59; age: 26 ± 4.38; and body mass index of 24± 1.51) were selected for endurance athletes group, and 10 people (weight: 79 kg ± 4.62; height: 181 ± 2.51; age: 25 ± 4.32; and body mass index of 24± 1.63) were selected for and 12 people (weight: 79 kg ± 4.62; height: 181 ± 2.51; age: 25 ± 4.32; and body mass index of 24± 1.63) were selected for non-athletes group (control group). The endurance athletes group are athletes who has done at least six months of regular aerobic practices and the strength athletes group has done at least six months strength training and the control group consists of people who have no athletic background. Blood samples were taken from all the 3 groups when they were relaxed to evaluate the above factors in ELISA method. Noting that the data were normal, these data were analyzed by individual t-student test in a significant level (P≤ 0/005). Results: By comparing the amount of IL-6 in the serum of all the 3 groups, IL-6 level in endurance athletes showed a significant reduction compared to other two groups (P≤ 0/05) Conclusion: The results of this research showed that aerobic exercises is the cause of reduction in IL-6 level. This change is probably due to the reduction of inflammation in skeletal muscles, which is in turn due to the low intensity of exercises.

Keywords:

interleukin-6 , strength and endurance athletes