Table 8.

Correlation between HbA1c and altered aqueous cytokines/chemokines/growth factors in patients with type 2 diabetes

	Cytokines/chemokines/growth factors	Correlation coefficients	P
HbA1c (%)	IL-6	0.347	<0.001*
	IL-8	0.546	<0.001*
	IP-10	0.430	<0.001*
	LIF	0.567	<0.001*
	HGF	0.421	<0.001*
	VEGF-A	0.319	<0.001*
	IL-1α	−0.341	<0.001*
	IL-4	−0.367	<0.001*
	IL-9	−0.362	<0.001*
	IL-21	−0.339	<0.001*
	IL-23	−0.328	<0.001*
	IL-27	−0.333	<0.001*
	IL-31	−0.432	<0.001*
	TNF-β	−0.311	<0.001*
	IFN-α	−0.201	<0.001*
	GROα	−0.443	<0.001*
	RANTES	−0.310	<0.001*

IL interleukin, IP interferon inducibleprotein, LIF leukaemia inhibitor factor, HGF hepatocyte growth factor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, TNF tumour necrosis factor, IFNγ interferon-γ, GRO growth regulated oncogene, RANTES regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and presumably secreted

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (pg/ml)

^* p < 0.05