Table 2.

Correlation coefficients between IL-18 and clinical, metabolic and inflammatory parameters.

	T2D (n = 76)		LADA (n = 24)		Controls (n = 14)		T2D (n = 28)#		LADA (n = 20)#
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
BMI (kg/m2)	0.015	0.897	0.210	0.325	0.004	0.988	0.240	0.219	0.328	0.158
WC (cm)	0.073	0.532	0.297	0.169	0.064	0.827	0.219	0.262	0.379	0.110
SBP (mmHg)	−0.037	0.749	0.289	0.171	0.527	0.053	0.172	0.382	0.228	0.333
DBP (mmHg)	−0.094	0.418	0.133	0.535	0.507	0.064	0.080	0.687	0.067	0.780
FPG (mmol/L)	0.075	0.530	−0.098	0.655	0.483	0.094	0.152	0.449	−0.261	0.280
PPG (mmol/L)	0.244	0.043	0.027	0.907	–	–	0.290	0.151	−0.001	0.997
HbA1c (%)	0.007	0.956	0.168	0.434	–	–	0.059	0.771	0.157	0.508
LDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.141	0.251	0.134	0.563	−0.500	0.667	−0.099	0.645	0.059	0.823
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.377	0.001	−0.392	0.079	0.500	0.667	−0.464	0.019	−0.412	0.101
TG (mmol/L)	0.072	0.546	0.301	0.154	−0.172	0.557	0.044	0.829	0.281	0.231
hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.427	0.001	0.113	0.832	−0.241	0.406	0.493	0.017	0.128	0.591
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.398	<0.001	−0.131	0.541	−0.241	0.406	0.408	0.035	0.020	0.934

^#Correlations within groups with BMI-matched participants.

BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; Hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-18, interleukin-18; LADA, latent autoimmune diabetes of the adults; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; PPG, postprandial plasma glucose; SBP, systolic blood pressure; T2D, type 2 diabetes; TG, triglycerides; WC, waist circumference.