Association of IL-6 Polymorphism -174G/C and Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertensive Patients

Table 4

Association of MetS⁺ and IL-6 C carriers.

	OR	95% CI
Metabolic syndrome
Non adjusted	1.6	1.15–2.23	0.006
Adjusted for sex, age	1.62	1.16–2.26	0.005
Adjusted for sex, age, race	1.47	1.04–2.09	0.031
Adjusted for sex, age, race and CVD	1.52	1.07–2.17	0.021
Adjusted for sex, age, race, CVD and LDL-C	1.68	1.17–2.40	0.005
Adjusted for sex, age, race, CVD and LDL-C and Framingham score	1.64	1.13–2.37	0.009

CVD: cardiovascular disease, LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol.