The immune system in sporadic inclusion body myositis patients is not compromised by blood-flow restricted exercise training

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients. BMI body mass index, MMT8 manual muscle testing 8

	Age	Gender	BMI	Months from diagnosis	Creatine kinase	Health assessment questionnaire	MMT8	Immunosuppressive medicine
BFRE (n = 11)
Mean	67.5	W/M: 3/8	24.71	57.8	549	0.85	69.6	4/11
SD	6.5		3.19	87.7	397	0.83	6.2
Control (n = 10)
Mean	69.2	W/M: 2/8	24.69	46.6	308	1.125	67.9	2/10
SD	4.6		4.68	27.2	247	0.88	6.0

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