This finding was replicated in a subcohort that included only individuals with no CHD or diabetes (for contemporaneous association at mean age 61 age- and sex-adjusted beta = −0.007, 95% CI −0.039 to 0.25, p = 0.68, N = 2660; the corresponding figures where beta = −0.006, 95% CI −0.039 to 0.027, p = 0.72, N = 2440 for CRP measured at mean age 49 and CIMT at mean age 61). Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.