CRP and dry eye syndrome: The prevalence of steep cornea/keratoconus was not significantly associated with age (P = 0.99), body mass index (P = 0.33), systolic (P = 0.23) or diastolic (P = 0.46) blood pressure, quality of life index ( P = 0.33), blood concentrations of glucose (P = 0.87), cholesterol (P = 0.84), creatinine (P = 0.51) and C-reactive protein (P = 0.92), smoking (P = 0.11) or alcohol consumption (P = 0.39), dry eye feeling (P = 0.15), intraocular pressure readings (P = 0.37), lens thickness (P = 0.12) and optic disc size (P = 0.39) (Table 1,2).