CRP and diabetes mellitus: Significant univariate associations with renal impairment were: age, 1.08 (1.05-1.11); waist circumference, 1.03 (1.00-1.05); waist-hip ratio, 1243 (33-47468); mean systolic blood pressure, 1.05 (1.03-1.07); mean diastolic blood pressure, 1.06 (1.02-1.10); HbA1c, 1.5 91.2-1.8); HDL cholesterol, 0.1 (0.0-0.6); albuminuria, 8.9 (3.7-21.7); diabetes, 5.8 (2.5-13.5); and the following log transformed variables: triglycerides, 4.0 (2.4-6.8); CRP, 1.9 (1.3-2.7).