Potential Protective Effect of Dietary Intake of Non-α-Tocopherols on Cellular Aging Markers Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Prediabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Adults

Table 3

Spearman correlations of different Toc isoforms with markers of cellular aging, oxidative stress, and inflammation in different groups of prediabetic individuals.

	Total Toc	α-Toc	β-/γ-Toc	δ-Toc
IFG ()
LTL	0.23	-0.39	0.26	0.27
mtDNAcn	0.18	-0.37	0.20	0.39
TNF-α	-0.39	0.35	-0.42	-0.55
IL-6	-0.02	0.17	-0.10	-0.11
8-OHdG	0.12	0.04	0.14	0.13
SOD	-0.05	-0.04	-0.04	-0.10
GR	0.02	-0.02	0.04	0.01
IGT ()
LTL	0.05	-0.18	0.06	0.09
mtDNAcn	0.10	-0.12	0.12	0.02
TNF-α	-0.26	-0.06	-0.27	-0.21
IL-6	0.05	0.07	-0.01	-0.00
8-OHdG	-0.20	0.09	-0.24	-0.08
SOD	-0.12	0.12	-0.09	-0.11
GR	0.11	0.07	0.06	0.03
IFG+IGT ()
LTL	0.00	-0.35	-0.00	0.07
mtDNAcn	-0.22	-0.10	-0.20	-0.27
TNF-α	-0.25	0.24	-0.25	-0.23
IL-6	0.04	0.20	0.07	-0.01
8-OHdG	-0.40	0.12	-0.38	-0.44
SOD	-0.28	0.21	-0.31	-0.25
GR	0.02	0.21	0.03	0.08

and . Abbreviations: Toc—tocopherol(s); IFG—impaired fasting glucose; IGT—impaired glucose tolerance; LTL—leukocyte telomere length; mtDNAcn—mitochondrial DNA copy number; TNF-α—tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6—interleukine-6; SOD—superoxide dismutase; GR—glutathione reductase.