TNF and diabetes mellitus: TNF-α and IL-6 were still associated with LV diastolic dysfunction after adjusting for age, gender, BMI, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, HOMA, TNF-α or IL6, LDL, and LV mass index (OR = 1.78; 95% CI = 1.15–2.59; p = 0.003 for TNF-α and OR = 1.93; 95% CI = 1.18–2.73, p = 0.002 for IL-6) as described in Table 3 and Table 4 (model 1).