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Table 3 Correlation between inflammatory cytokines and clinical and biochemical variables in T1DM patients and controls

From: Evaluation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Variables		T1DM				Controls
Variables		BMI	IL-1α (Pg/ml)	IL-1β (Pg/ml)	IL-10 (pg/ml)	BMI	IL-1α (Pg/ml)	IL-1β (Pg/ml)	IL-10 (pg/ml)
Age	Pearson Correlation	0.266*	0.031	0.248*	− 0.102	0.429**	0.209	0.035	0.063
Age	P value	0.020	0.786	0.030	0.379	0.001	0.129	0.803	0.650
Duration	Pearson Correlation	− 0.134	− 0.154	− 0.032	− 0.136	–	–	–	–
Duration	P value	0.244	0.181	0.782	0.240
BMI	Pearson Correlation	1	0.048	− 0.073	0.066	1	0.115	− 0.025	− 0.007
BMI	P value		0.677	0.530	0.567		0.410	0.856	0.960
Insulin (mIU/ml)	Pearson Correlation	0.020	− 0.042	0.408**	0.007	0.070	− 0.042	0.211	− 0.042
Insulin (mIU/ml)	P value	0.862	0.718	0.000	0.949	0.616	0.761	0.126	0.762
IL-1α (Pg/ml)	Pearson Correlation	0.048	1	0.210	0.109	0.115	1	0.580**	− 0.097
IL-1α (Pg/ml)	P value	0.677		0.066	0.347	0.410		0.000	0.486
IL-1β (Pg/ml)	Pearson Correlation	− 0.073	0.210	1	− 0.088	− 0.025	0.580**	1	0.074
IL-1β (Pg/ml)	P value	0.530	0.066		0.447	− 0.856	0.000		0.597
IL-10 (pg/ml)	Pearson Correlation	0.066	0.109	− 0.088	1	− 0.007	− 0.097	0.074	1
IL-10 (pg/ml)	P value	0.567	0.347	0.447		0.960	0.486	0.597

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level
P value in italics was considered as statistically significant

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