Figure 1.

Association of interleukin-6 and interleukin-18 with risk for global cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, and total death in older adults. Cox regression analysis adjusted for age, sex, race, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medication use, diabetes, current smoking, lipid-lowering medication use, prevalent global cardiovascular disease, body mass index, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HF, heart failure; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-18, interleukin-18.