IL6 and injury: In myocardial injury patients, corticosteroid therapies had markedly decreased the blood levels of IL-6 [6.0 (4.9–7.6) vs. 15.4 (5.8–34.9) pg/mL; P = 0.03] as well as the incidence of in-hospital adverse events [1/17 (5.9%) vs. 11/29 (37.9%); P = 0.034].