Serum IL-12 Is Increased in Mexican Obese Subjects and Associated with Low-Grade Inflammation and Obesity-Related Parameters
Figure 3
Relationship of the serum levels of IL-12 with fasting blood glucose, fasting blood insulin, and HOMA-IR. Serum IL-12 showed a positive significant association with high glucose levels (a), but not with insulin (b) or insulin resistance (c). The level of insulin resistance was estimated using the HOMA-IR index, which results from the next equation: fasting insulin concentration (mU/L) × fasting glucose concentration (mmol/L) divided by 22.5. Coefficients (r) and P values were calculated by the Spearman’s correlation model. The correlation level was considered significant when .
