CRP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: These SNPs were previously associated with LDL-C, total cholesterol levels, and coronary artery disease (rs599839) [8], [12]–[14]; type 2 diabetes (rs10923931) [16]; C-reactive protein (rs2228145) [17]; coronary heart disease, HDL-C and triglycerides (rs2144300) [13]; MI (rs10757278) [11]; and type 2 diabetes (rs7901695) in EA [18]–[20].