IL6 and coinfection: Additionally, the median IL-6 concentration in participants co-infected with HIV was lower, at 31.77 pg mL−1 (IQR: 11.61; 77.39), compared to those without co-infection, whose median was 100.9 pg mL−1 (IQR: 35.29; 287.52), P value 0.0156.