Upregulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Induced Protein 8-Like 2 mRNA Is Negatively Correlated with Serum Concentrations of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin 6 in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Characteristics of type 2 diabetes patients and control subjects.

	T2D patients ()	Control ()
Number of men/women	27/19	19/11
Age (years)	62.5 ± 14.4	60.3 ± 12.3
Race	Chinese	Chinese
Renal function (number of normal/abnormal)	30/16	—
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	12 ± 3.6	—
HbA1c (%)	10.1 ± 2.1	—
AST (IU/L)	20.3 ± 8.9	—
ALT (IU/L)	20.0 ± 7.6	—
hsCRP (mg/L)	6.3 ± 10.8	—
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.1 ± 1.1	—
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.1 ± 0.83	—
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.31	—
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.72 ± 0.94	—

Unless indicated otherwise, values are given as the mean ± SD. AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.