Inflammatory markers including C‐reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin (IL)‐6, IL‐8 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)‐α are strongly associated with microvascular complications in T1D [22] and inflammatory endothelial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an important manifestation of T1D [23]. Here, CXCL8 is linked to type 1 diabetes mellitus.