. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 23.

Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2016 Jul 21;30(8):1593–1599. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.07.011

Table 2.

Adjusted correlation between plasma cytokines and diabetes status, lipoprotein profile, physical parameters, lipid peroxidation levels markers.

	Parameter	IL-1β	IL-4	IL-5	IL-6	IL-8	IL-10	TNF-α
Diabetic status^a	Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	0.48^**	0.30^**	0.24^*	0.17	0.32^**	0.15	0.50^**
	HbA_1c	0.40^**	0.21^*	0.25^*	0.19	0.17	0.09	0.50^**
	HOMA IR index	0.18	0.12	0.04	0.21^*	0.15	− 0.02	0.25^*
Lipoprotein profile^a	Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.20^*	0.05	0.12	0.25^*	0.02	− 0.03	0.16
	HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	− 0.15	0.04	− 0.01	− 0.17	− 0.03	− 0.11	− 0.08
	LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.14	− 0.01	0.04	0.21^*	− 0.05	− 0.01	0.07
	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.20^*	0.10	0.15	0.24^*	0.16	0.01	0.35^**
Physical Parameters^a	BMI	0.04	0.03	− 0.01	0.08	− 0.01	− 0.03	0.05
	Wais/hip proportion	0.15	0.10	0.11	0.17	0.20^*	0.12	0.14
	Abdominal circunf	0.06	0.05	0.001	0.12	0.08	0.02	0.04
Lipid peroxidation marker^a	MDA (µM)	0.50^**	0.25^*	0.28^*	0.16	0.25^*	0.08	0.44^**

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.0001 (r; Pearson's correlation coefficient; α = 5%).

HbA_1c, glycated hemoglobin; HOMA IR, homeostatasis model assessment of insulin resistance.

Adjusted for age, gender and BMI.