IL6 and malaria: Hepcidin was positively correlated with IL-6 (r = 0.4339; p = 0.0015), IL-10 (r = 0.5154; p = 0.0002), and parasitaemia (r = 0.3032; p = 0.0096) and negatively correlated with IFN-γ/IL-10 (r = −0.4369; p = 0.0017) and (TNF + IFN-γ)/IL-10 (r = −0.3776; p = 0.0075) in the mild malaria group.