IL6 and diabetes mellitus: After adjusting for treatment allocation, age, gender, baseline LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, current or exsmoker, BMI, diabetes, use of antihypertensive therapy, and country, the HR was attenuated to 1.20 (CI 1.01–1.42) comparing extreme thirds, and 1.10 (CI 1.03–1.18) for a 1-unit increase in log IL-6.