IL6 and hypertensive disorder: However, the high IL-6 group was more likely to be Black (66.6% vs. 43.8%, p < 0.001), have higher BMI [median 31.85 (26.90–40.25) kg/m2 vs. 27.82 (24.29–32.23) kg/m2, p < 0.001], have high blood pressure (36.9% vs. 22.4%, p < 0.001), higher rates of metabolic dysfunction (31.1% vs. 18.7%, p < 0.001), higher HbA1c [5.6 (5.3–6) vs. 5.3 (5.1–5.6), p < 0.001], higher CRP (4.29 (1.42–9.59] vs. 1.02 (0.44–2.55], p < 0.001) and lower lung function as evidenced by lower FEV1 [2.59 (2.20–3.17) vs. 2.99 (2.52–3.60), p < 0.001] and FVC [3.31 (2.75–4.10) vs. 3.83 (3.19–4.61), p < 0.001] (Table 1).