The Effect of 600 mg Alpha-lipoic Acid Supplementation on Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and RAGE in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 6

Correlation between ALA and inflammatory markers after six months.

	ALA	TNF-α	IL-10	IL-6	IL-1β	IL-8	CRP
ALA	1	-0.250	0.041	-0.249	-0.329	0.067	-0.100
TNF-α		1.000	0.289	0.188	0.574	0.126	0.030
IL-10			1.000	0.370	0.361	0.222	-0.010
IL-6				1.000	0.230	0.154	0.290
IL-1β					1.000	0.136	0.003
IL-8						1.000	0.085
CRP							1.000
ALA		0.014	0.694	0.019	0.001	0.545	-0.100
TNF-α			0.005	0.076	0.000	0.249	0.775
IL-10				0.000	0.000	0.041	0.922
IL-6					0.028	0.169	0.006
IL-1β						0.213	0.977
IL-8							0.440
CRP

ALA: alpha-lipoic acid; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-10: interleukin 10; IL-6: interleukin 6; IL-1β: interleukin 1β; IL-8: interleukin 8; CRP: C-reactive protein.