In univariate analysis, prevalent CAC at baseline was associated with age, male sex, diabetes mellitus, CVD, lower diastolic blood‐pressure, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), PEW, body mass index (BMI), FRS, lower hand grip strength, lower albumin, hsCRP, IL‐6, and AVC (Table 1). The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is diabetes mellitus.