IL6 and pancreatitis: While the levelsof IL-6 were higher in the control group patients than those of the levelsbefore and 12 hours after ERCP in both patients group who underwet ERCP (Table 2, Figures 1(d), 1(e)), IL-6 levels at 24 hours after ERCP in the patients withpost-ERCP pancreatitis were not different from the control patients but higherthan those of the patients without post-ERCP pancreatits (Table 2, Figure 1(f)).