IL6 and diabetes mellitus: Moreover, with respect to the inflammatory mediators, IL-6 concentrations in the euglycemia group, secondary hyperglycemia group, and diabetes group were, respectively, [5.26 (0.10-0.43)], [6.39 (0.19-0.45)], and [32.11 (0.19-0.67)], which indicates that the level of IL-6 was much higher in diabetes group.