In the final model with all predictors, VIF’s were the following: age = 1.22, sex = 1.04, hypertension or CVD = 1.18, diabetes = 1.26, cancer = 1.01, IL-6 = 1.27, TNFR1 = 1.99, IL-1b = 1.04, TNF-a = 1.55, IL-10 = 1.11, GDF15 = 2.16. Here, IL1B is linked to diabetes mellitus.