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Table 3 Resting EPC and CEC concentrations in JIA (n = 7) and Controls (n = 5)

From: Effects of acute exercise on circulating endothelial and progenitor cells in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and healthy controls: a pilot study

 

JIA

Controls

Effect size

MICE

HIIE

MICE

HIIE

EPC

     

 % of PBMCs

0.02 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.01

0.25

(0.004, 0.03)

(0.003, 0.04)

(0.01, 0.05)

(0.003, 0.05)

  × 106 cells/L

0.55 ± 0.48

0.55 ± 0.50

0.91 ± 0.55

0.79 ± 0.42

0.55

(0.10, 0.99)

(0.03, 1.08)

(0.22, 1.60)

(0.24, 1.83)

CEC

     

 % of PBMCs

0.23 ± 0.26

0.11 ± 0.13

0.20 ± 0.23

0.22 ± 0.22

0.17

(0.01, 0.46)

(0.03, 0.24)

(0.09, 0.48)

(0.33, 0.77)

  × 106 cells/L

6.36 ± 9.61

2.85 ± 3.19

6.28 ± 7.24

8.26 ± 8.88

0.37

(2.52, 15.24)

(0.49, 6.20)

(2.71, 15.28)

(13.81, 30.3)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD (lower, upper 95 % CI). Effect size calculated in JIA vs. controls, standardized to the pooled SD of the control group