IL6 and Hypertension: After adjusting for age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, total/HDL cholesterol ratio, smoking history, and BMI, non-classical monocyte percentage (ρ = 0.247, p = 0.039), and MCP-1 (ρ = 0.487, p = <0.001), remained significantly correlated to 2-year CAC Agatston score progression, while IL-6 was not (ρ = 0.209, p = 0.120) (Table 3).