The results of a meta-analysis of 215 studies, including 13,952 patients with schizophrenia and 10,969 control patients, confirmed an increase in the concentration of circulating cytokines and inflammatory markers in the peripheral blood of patients with schizophrenia, whose role in atherogenesis has also been proven (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, and CRP) [108]. Here, IL6 is linked to schizophrenia.