IL6 and Sepsis: After this meta-analysis, Reiman et al.28carried out a study that included 107 VLBW infants and showed that a risk of sepsis was associated with the SNP IL-6-174 CC (CC versus (vs) GG: OR = 3.05 P = 0.15; CC vs GC: OR = 18.27, P = 0.01).