Similar to our results, in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III) participants with IFG, newly diagnosed diabetes and previously diagnosed diabetes had 0.9 (0.72–1.37), 1.84 (1.25–2.71), and 1.59 (1.25–2.01) odds of having an elevated CRP concentration after adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, and BMI [23, 24]. Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.