Moreover, T1D patients with DKA had a tendency for higher IL-8 (Mann–Whitney U-test, U = 59, p = 0.0038) and IL-10 levels (Mann–Whitney U-test, U = 66, p = 0.0088) compared to T1D patients without DKA (Fig 2). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.