Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disorder. Cytokines secreted by the monocyte-macrophage system play a key role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF- is believed to have an important role in the progression of diabetes. The present study was conducted to assess the level of TNF- and to find its relationship with insulin sensitivity and other indicators of metabolic syndrome among newly diagnosed type II diabetic subjects. 100 diabetic subjects (age; 48.63 0.92, BMI; 28.51 0.52) were included in the study. Four groups were made on the basis of BMI as...