INS and diabetes mellitus: In particular, in women with diabetes, hsCRP significantly correlated with BMI (P < 0.001), waist circumference (P < 0.001), and fasting insulin (P < 0.001) and negatively correlated with creatinine (P = 0.025); moreover, hsCRP levels showed a significant correlation also with triglycerides (P = 0.012) and an inverse correlation with HDL-C (P = 0.018) and Apo-AII (P = 0.037) and with α-1 (P < 0.05) and pre-α-1 HDL subclasses (P < 0.05).