Table 1.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria.

	Inclusion	Exclusion	Rationale
Population	Type 2 diabetes patients	People who do not have diabetes or other types of diabetes will not be included	To review inflammatory activities in T2DM-related angiopathies
Exposure	Inflammation	Inflammation not linked with diabetes	To focus on inflammatory activities as well as beneficial interventions
Comparison	Healthy individuals
Outcome	Diabetic angiopathies	Other co-morbidities that are not diabetic angiopathy	To investigate induced-risk for inflammation and strategies for improved protection