CRP and diabetes mellitus: After adjusting for age, BMI, WC, TC, HDL-C, log-TG, alcohol intake status, smoking status, physical activity, follow-up period, and log-CRP, the ORs for incidence of diabetes according to ALT quartile were 1.53, 2.24, and 2.31 in males and 0.97, 1.38, and 1.86 in females (Tables 3 and 4).