The ORs for incidence of diabetes according to AST quartile were 0.98 (0.63-1.52), 0.93 (0.61-1.43), and 1.07 (0.69-1.66) in males and 0.67 (0.45-0.99), 0.83 (0.57-1.12), and 0.95 (0.66-1.37) in females after adjusting for age, BMI, WC, TC, HDL-C, log-TG, alcohol intake status, smoking status, physical activity, follow-up period, log-CRP, fasting glucose, and HOMA indices (Tables 3 and 4). Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.