Table 2. Correlation between genes expression of diabetic patients before (T0) and after (T1) a one-week balanced diet.

		ZnT4	ZnT5	Zip3	Zip8	Zip14	TNFα	IL6	MT1
ZnT1	T0	NS	0.758*	0.717*	NS	NS	0.854†	NS	NS
	T1	NS	0.850†	0.757*	NS	NS	0.905‡	NS	0.868†
ZnT4	T0		NS	NS	NS	NS	0.700*	NS	NS
	T1		0.729*	NS	0.771†	NS	NS	0.891†	NS
ZnT5	T0			0.825†	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	T1			0.885†	0.835†	0.830†	0.643*	0.685*	0.876†
Zip3	T0				NS	NS	0.676*	NS	NS
	T1				0.822†	0.781*	NS	0.728*	0.697*
Zip8	T0					NS	NS	NS	NS
	T1					0.861†	NS	0.916†	0.688*
Zip14	T0						NS	NS	NS
	T1						0.42	0.880†	NS
TNFα	T0							NS	0.719*
	T1							NS	0.854†
IL6	T0								NS
	T1								NS

ZnTs: zinc transporters (ZnT1-10 and ZIP1-14), NS: non-significant, TNFα: tumor necrosis factor α, IL6: interleukin 6, MT1: metallothionein 1.

^*p ≤ 0.05; ^†p < 0.01.