IL6 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Hazard ratios for serum CRP levels as well as IL-6 at baseline and risk of T2DM in male and female population were 1.26 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.16-1.37) and 1.31 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.17-1.46), respectively (22 cross-sectional studies, n = 40,735 subjects for CRP; 10 cross-sectional studies, n = 19,709 subjects for IL-6) [63].