17 , 18 The same SNP (wild A allele) was also reported to have a borderline significant association with 30‐day and 5‐year mortality in the INFLACOR study whose post‐hoc analysis interestingly showed the C allele of the ‐572G>C IL‐6 SNP as associated with a significantly reduced effect of prophylactic dexamethasone on postoperative IL‐6 levels compared with the G allele ( p = 0.0038),
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Narrative review of the systemic inflammatory reaction to cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass.
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