Table 1.

List of inflammatory markers associated with common chronic diseases

Sl. No.	Chronic disease	Predominant inflammatory markers	Reference
1.	Alzheimer’s disease	IL-10, IL-4, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α	([17, 37])
2.	Diabetes	CRP, IL-6, TNF-R2	([20, 53])
3.	Cancer	CRP, IL-6, TNF-α	([22, 25])
4.	Chronic kidney diseases	CRP, d-dimer, TNF-R1, thrombomodulin	[44]
5.	Chronic lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	sTNF-R1, CRP, MCP-4, CXCL-16, osteoprotegerin	[11]
6.	Heart diseases, heart failure, coronary artery disease	CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1, IL-8, CRP, MCP-1	([38, 57])
7.	Stroke	IL-1α, IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, TGF-β	[3]