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Table 3 Associations between anthropometric and pro-inflammatory markers in T2DM

From: Variations in levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in type 2 diabetes mellitus between rural and urban Ashanti Region of Ghana

 

r (p value)

 

Setting

IL-6

TNF- α

Rural

  

BMI

0.1094 (0.5131)

0.0698 (0.6773)

Body Fat %

0.0719 (0.6679)

−0.0251 (0.8813)

Urban

  

BMI

−0.3765 (0.0258)

0.1243 (0.4769)

Body Fat %

0.0467 (0.7901)

0.0374 (0.8312)

  1. Adjusted for age and gender
  2. BMI: body mass index, FBS: fasting blood sugar, IL-6: interleukin-6, TNF- α: tumour necrosis factor-alpha, r: Spearman’s partial correlation coefficient
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