Study of serum bisphenol-A and the mRNA of galactosidase beta 1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 4 Correlation between serum BPA with different parameters

Serum BPA vs	Control (n = 30)		T2DM (n = 60)
Serum BPA vs	r	p	r	p
BMI	0.009	0.964	0.083	0.528
Waist circumference	0.057	0.763	− 0.012	0.928
Fasting glucose concentration	0.250	0.182	0.273	0.035*
HbA_1c	0.065	0.733	0.303	0.018*
Fasting insulin level	0.136	0.475	0.347	0.007*
Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)	0.245	0.192	0.363	0.004*
Serum MDA	− 0.242	0.198	0.197	0.131
TNF-α mRNA	0.376	0.040*	0.172	0.189
GLB1 mRNA	− 0.159	0.400	0.200	0.126