CRP and hypertensive disorder: Adjusting for CVD risk factors such as high total cholesterol and hypertension resulted in a moderate attenuation (decrease of 3.5%) of the association between combined CMV seropositivity and high CRP level and CVD-related mortality, supporting the hypothesis that CMV seropositivity along with subclinical inflammation impacts risk for mortality in part through their combined contribution to other more proximal CVD risk factors.