In models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, LDL and HDL cholesterol, statins, HRT, C-reactive protein, diabetes, diastolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medications, and coronary calcium, pericardial fat (per 1-SD increment) was positively associated with resting MBF in women (β = 0.083±0.031, p = 0.008, Table 3), but not in men (β = 0.016±0.021, p = 0.46; p = 0.01 for pericardial fat×gender interaction). Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.