Association of Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-18 with Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Xiaoming JiaLeo BuckleyCaroline SunMahmoud AlrifaiBing YuVijay NambiSalim S ViraniElizabeth SelvinKunihiro MatsushitaRon C HoogeveenJosef CoreshAmil M ShahChristie M BallantynePublished in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2023)
Among older adults, both IL-6 and IL-18 were associated with global CVD and death. The association between IL-6 with CVD appears to be more robust and was independent of hs-CRP, NT-proBNP, and hs-TnT.