Table 7. Pearson correlation coefficients of inflammatory mediators with glycemic profile, sex-wise .

Inflammatory Mediators	Cases				Controls
	HBA1c		Fasting Glucose		HBA1c		Fasting Glucose
	Males n=81	Females n=79	Males n=81	Females n=79	Males n=94	Females n= 86	Males n=94	Females n= 86
TNF-α	*p=0.002 *r=0.849	p=0.004 r=0.873	p=0.005 r=0.456	p=0.006 r=0.536	*p=0.025 *r=0.328	p=0.010 r=0.358	p=0.012 r=0.259	p=0.053 r=0.210
IL-6	p=0.039 r=0.230	p=0.125 r=0.174	p=0.112 r=0.178	p=0.062 r=0.211	p= 0.145 r= 0.162	p=0.082 r=0.188	p=0.829 r=0.023	p=0.830 r=0.023
CRP	p=0.006 r=0.304	p=0.963 r=0.001	p=0.971 r=0.004	p=0.723 r=0.041	p=0.238 r=0.021	p=0.011 r=0.365	p=0.743 r=0.034	p=0.044 r=0.218
WBC	p=0.224 r=0.137	p=0.811 r=0.027	p=0.033 r=0.238	p=0.905 r=0.014	p=0.050 r=0.631	p=0.041 r=0.221	p=0.433 r=0.082	p=0.660 r=0.048

*p is statistically significant if p<0.05 and r is Pearson’s correlation coefficient