IL6 and coronary artery disorder: It has been found to be strongly associated with coronary heart disease risk: a meta-analysis of 17 studies (5730 cases and 19,038 controls) reported an odds ratio for coronary heart disease, adjusting for several classic vascular risk and correcting for within-person variability, of 1.83 (95% CI 1.56–2.14) per 1-SD increase in usual IL-6 values [45].