The glucose levels were positively correlated with triglycerides (r = 0.40, P = 0.03), MDA (r = 0.60, P = 0.0006), IL-6 (r = 0.40, P = 0.04), and TNF-alpha (r = 0.35, P = 0.05) in the plasma of T2DM patients. Here, TNF is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.