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Table 1 Characteristics of the selected studies

From: Effects of exercise on inflammatory factors and IGF system in breast cancer survivors: a meta-analysis

Author(year)

Deign

Participants

Intervention

Adherence

biomarkers

Other variables

Irwin, etc.* (2009) [48]

Two-arm RCT. AT;UC

N = 75, stage I-IIIA BCS, AT mean age: 56.4 ± 9.5

AT, 24wks, 5 d/wk, 150 min/wk

 

IGF-1,IGF-3

Insulin, etc

Lisa, etc. (2011) [33]

Two-arm RCT.TCC; SST

N = 21, I-IIIB BCS, TCC mean age: 54.33 ± 10.64

TCC, 12 wks, 3 d/wk,60 min

72%

IL-6

IGF-1

IGFBP-3

HRQOL, etc

Gomez, etc.(2011) [41]

Two-arm RCT.AT + RT;UC

N = 16, stage I-II BCS, mean age:50 ± 5

AT + RT

8 wks, 3 d/wk,

90 min,

supervised

91%

IL-1, IL-10

IL-1β IL-6,

IL-10/TNF-α

TNF-α,

VO2max

weight, etc

Rogers, etc. (2012) [43]

Two-arm RCT.AT + RT;UC

N = 28, I-IIIA BCS, mean age: 56 ± 10.5

AT + RT, 12 wks, 2 d/wk,

150 min/wk

supervised

 

IL-10, IL-6,

Il-1β,

IL-6/IL-10,TNF-α/IL-10

BMI, Fatigue, etc

Jones, etc.* (2012) [42]

Two-arm RCT

AT;UC

N = 75, stage I-IIIA BCS, AT mean age: 56.4 ± 9.5

AT, 24 wks,

5 d/wk,

150 min/wk

 

CRP、IL-6、TNF-α

BMI, etc

Bower, etc. (2013) [44]

Two-arm RCT. yoga; HE

N = 31, stage I-II BCS; mean age: 54 ± 5.7

Yoga,12w ks,

2 d/wk,

90 min, supervised

78%

IL-6, CRP

Fatigue, depression, etc

Karimi, etc. (2015) [38]

Four-arm RCT. exercise; placebo; GS; exercise + GS

N = 40, stage I-II BCS, exercise mean age: 47.3 ± 8.1

Water-Based Exercise, 6 wks, 4 d/wk,

40–80 min

 

IL-10,

hs-CRP

Insulin, etc

Christina, etc. (2017) [45]

Two-arm RCT.AT + RT; delayed intervention control

N = 20, stage I-III BCS, AT + RT mean age: 53.0 ± 10

AT + RT, 16 wks, 3 d/wk

80 min,

supervised

97%

CRP, IL-6

Body composition, etc

Christina, etc. (2018) [46]

Two-arm RCT. AT + RT; UC

N = 100, stage

BCS, mean age: 53.5 ± 10.4

AT + RT, 16 wks, 3 d/wk

AT:150 min/wk, supervised

95%

IGF-1,

CRP, IL-6,

TNF-α

Weight, BMI, etc

Kim, etc. (2019) [47]

Two-arm RCT. exercise; no exercise

N = 50, stage I-IIIA BCS, exercise mean age: 49.95 ± 8.12

stretching

and resistance exercise, 12 wks, 1d/wk

90%

IL-6,TNF-α

Fatigue,

etc

Anouk E, etc. (2020) [40]

Three-arm RCT.HIIT + RT;HIIT + AT;UC

N = 240, stage I-IIIA BCS, mean age:

RT: 52.2 ± 10.1

AT: 53.9 ± 7.4

HIIT + RT; HIIT + AT,

16 wks,

2 d/wk,60 min

RT:79.5%;

AT:82.1%

IL-6,

TNF-α

Muscular strength,

etc

  1. Abbreviations: AT Aerobic training, RT Resistance training, HE Health education, GS ginger supplement, SST standard support therapy, UC Usual care, TCC Tai chi chuan
  2. *two articles from the same experiment