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Hiba Bawadi,1 Rami Katkhouda,2 Reema Tayyem,3 Abdelhamid Kerkadi,1 Samira Bou Raad,4 Hadil Subih5 1Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; 2Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 3Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; 4Department of Nutrition and Food Science, American University of Science and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon; 5Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanCorrespondence: Hiba BawadiHuman Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU-Health, Qatar University, Building I06, University Street, PO Box 2713, Doha, QatarTel +97444034801Email hbawadi@qu.edu.qaBackground and aim: Systemic inflammation is related to the progression of complications associated with diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the association between general and abdominal obesity and inflammation in patients with type-2 diabetes with or without glycemic control.Methods: A total of 198 men (n=73) and women (n=125) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes participated in this study. General obesity markers, body mass index (BMI), and abdominal fat were assessed. Circulating concentrations of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C), C-reactive protein (CRP), and serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) were determined. Poor glycemic control and good glycemic control were defined as having fasting HbA1C concentrations ≥7% and