CRP and diabetes mellitus: There is also a good body of evidence that fenofibrate may effectively reduce C-reactive protein levels confirming therefore its anti-inflammatory effect [17,24], however the effect of this drug on cardiovascular endpoints, i.e. mortality is still a subject of controversy in particular after the publication of the final results of FIELD study [5] and a more recent Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial [25,26].