In contrast, no significant associations were observed among serum levels of IL-12 and fasting blood insulin (r = 0.1286, P = 0.208), insulin resistance denoted as HOMA-IR (r = 0.2472, P = 0.147), and total circulating cholesterol (r = 0.1843, P = 0.054) (Figures 3(b), 3(c), and 4(b), resp). This evidence concerns the gene INS and Insulin resistance.