Interleukin-6 as a Predictor of the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Epidemiological Studies.

CONCLUSION: Higher IL-6 levels in healthy individuals are associated with CVD risk, which is co-associated with hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
PMID: 29873573 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Immunological Investigations - June 8, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Immunol Invest Source Type: research