The effect of six weeks aerobic training on body composition and serum level of IL-10 in middle-aged obese females

Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that its levels decrease in the presence of obesity and related diseases. Due to the lack of sufficient studies in this regard on healthy or patient obese women; this study was performed with aim to determine the effect of short term aerobic training on serum IL-10 in obese women.
This study was performed in summer 2016 on 30 sedentary middle-aged obese females aged 30-40 years (30≤BMI≤36 kg/m2) in Tehran, Iran. Subjects were divided into experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. Experimental group underwent an aerobic training program for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week with 30-45 minutes at 60 to 75% of the heart rate max. Abdominal obesity and other anthropometrical markers. as well serum IL-10 were measured at 48 hours before and after exercise intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 15) and independent-t and dependent-t tests. P Significant increase were observed in body weight, BMI, body fat percentage and abdominal obesity in experimental group (p Short term aerobic training with moderate to high intensity leads to decreased obesity determinative indexes and increased serum IL-10 in obese females.