In our study, there was a significant difference in terms of NLR between diabetics and healthy controls (p=0.002).In many epidemiological studies, chronic inflammation has been reported to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and diabetes.10,11 Cross-sectional and prospective studies also have indicated a positive correlation between Type 2 diabetes and its complications and C-reaktif protein(CRP), Interleukin-6(IL-6), and leukocyte counts.12 This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and metabolic syndrome.