IL6 and Obesity: In the univariate Cox regression analysis, we found that negative total fecal ODA status, along with the patient’s age; dialysis vintage; obesity; and elevated levels of triglycerides, MDA, and proinflammatory cytokines (namely IL-6 and MCP-1, tIS, and Pox), as well as low levels of ceruloplasmin, were associated with CVD events in our study cohort (Table 2).