Zarzeczny R, et al. - Researchers investigated if widely used anthropometric obesity indices are associated with serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level in elderly women without inflammation and if so, to identify the best anthropometric predictor of this inflammatory biomarker. Body weight, body height, the circumferences of waist, hip and neck were measured in all study participants ie, residents of nursing homes, who did not use anti-inflammatory drugs, statins or diuretics and whose blood C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration was lower than 3 mg/l. Findings demonstrated a direct link between IL-6 and CRP levels. Moreover, a significant, as well as positive correlation of IL-6 with hip and neck circumferences, body mass index (BMI), body fat mass index (BFMI), and body adiposity index (BAI), as well as with visceral fat rating (VFR), was found. In the oldest old women without inflammation, neck circumference was identified as the best predictor of serum IL-6 concentration among all popular indices of adiposity.