Abstract
The type 2 diabetes mellitus is considering as metabolic disorder, the unfavourable long-term outcomes and closely associated with chronic inflammation. The present study investigated to explore the association of interleukin-6 and uric acid in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease. Newly diagnosed CAD patients with T2DM (100) and T2DM and CAD patients after 5 years (100) underwent detailed anthropometric, demographic, biochemical and experimental characterization. The serum levels of interleukin 6 were measured by enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay. The T2DM and CAD patients after 5 years had significant higher circulating levels of interleukin 6 and significant decreased levels of uric acid. The newly diagnosed CAD patients with T2DM had significant higher circulating levels of interleukin 6. Significant positive correlation was found between fat mass and IL-6, and negative correlation with uric acid and IL-6, (P<0.05). The both the groups of T2DM with CAD patients shown significantly elevated levels of interleukin 6, based on this findings interleukin 6 might be used as early predictable and prognostic marker for CAD in patients with T2DM.