IL6 and sarcopenia: With respect to inflammatory cytokines, subjects with sarcopenia had higher serum levels of ln-homocysteine (2.7 ± 0.5 umol/L vs. 2.5 ± 0.3 umol/L, P <  0.001) and hs-CRP (7.7 ± 18.0 mg/L vs. 4.2 ± 9.1 mg/L, P = 0.019) than controls but similar in serum ln-IL-6 concentrations (1.4 ± 0.8 ng/L vs. 1.6 ± 0.8 ng/L, P = 0.194).