IL6 and endothelial dysfunction: Our findings of a lack of association between IL–6 level and cIMT with endothelial dysfunction are similar to those of Fourie et al. in their study among virally suppressed black South African patients.28 Our findings and those of Fourie et al. in this context do not align with the observation among non–African patients that IL–6 level and cIMT were associated with endothelial injury.8,26,30 Our small sample size may have precluded our ability to detect these associations in our setting.