Individuals with diabetes were older and more likely to have hypertension and they had lower HDL cholesterol and HOMA-beta and higher adiposity measures, LDL cholesterol, triglyceride, fasting and 2-h postload glucose, HOMA-IR, CRP, and SAA (all < 0.001; see additional file 1: table S1-characteristics of participants according to the diabetes status). Here, CRP is linked to hypertensive disorder.