Coupled with the established short‐term predictive value of IL‐6, this study was designed to evaluate the at‐hospital and long‐term predictive value of serum IL‐6 values obtained on days one and fifth postcerebral stroke (PCS) in a population of Iranian adults admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital emergency department (Urmia, Iran) following the incidence of an ischemic. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is Stroke.