Association of IL-6 –174 G/C and measures of arterial stiffness.
Notes: Analyses adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and measures of atherosclerosis (and for pulse wave velocity and the distensibility coefficient for heart rate and mean arterial pressure); Vertical lines depict the 95% confidence interval; Pulse wave velocity: p for trend 0.018/pulse pressure: p for trend 0.041.