Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin 6, and C-Reactive Protein with the Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Rural Thais

Table 2

Multiple regression analysis of blood glucose indices vs. 5 independent variables among 248 subjects at baseline.

Variables	FBG (mg/dl)		2-h BG (mg/dl)		HbA1C (%)
	Standardized coefficients (β)	value	Standardized coefficients (β)	value	Standardized coefficients	value
Age (years)	0.163	0.010	0.120	0.057	0.188	0.003
Sex	-0.129	0.044	0.155	0.015	0.079	0.215
CRP (mg/dl)	0.138	0.028	0.216	0.001	0.223	<0.001
IL-6 (pg/ml)	0.137	0.043	0.059	0.376	-0.054	0.420
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.010	0.878	0.041	0.542	0.084	0.216

Abbreviations: FBG: fasting blood glucose; 2-h BG: 2-hour blood glucose after 75 g oral glucose tolerance test; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin 6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha. and vs. 5 independents. and vs. 5 independents. and vs. 5 independents.