Not Only Glycaemic But Also Other Metabolic Factors Affect T Regulatory Cell Counts and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Women with Type 1 Diabetes

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Regulatory T cell count positively correlated with the presence of neuropathy and with IL-6 level. Negative relationship was observed between regulatory T cell count and HbA1c level, HDL, ApoAI, and remnant cholesterol. IL-1alpha level was positively connected with the presence of one chronic diabetic complication (the same stands for TNF-alpha) as well as to calculated atherogenic indexes. We observed a negative relationship between TNF-alpha and HbA1c level.