Compared to non-thyroiditis patients, basal IL-6 levels were significantly higher in thyroiditis patients [3.02 pg/mL, 95% CI: (0-36.24) vs. 0 pg/mL, 95% CI: (0-0), P = 0.038] (Figure 2A, Supplementary Figure 1). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and thyroiditis.