Table 1 Selected references showing a changed inflammatory marker profile in diabetes type II individuals

Low Protein C

[36,42]

High levels of coagulation factors (II, V, VIII, X and von Willebrandt factor)

[36,37,43-45]

Increased NOS

[46-50]

Increased TNFα

[25,51-53]

Increased NFκB

[28,54-57]

Increased COX-2

[57-61]

Increased PGE2

[62,63]

Iron (increased serum ferritin levels)

[64-89].

Increased interleukin-6

[44,45,53,62,90]

Increased thromboxane A2

[91,92]