CRP and Hypertension: In NDRA patients plaque was associated with age (P=0.006), CIMT- with hypertension, age, BMI, ESR (P=0.049; r2=0.22, P=0.002; r2=0.11, P=0.029; r2=0.11, P=0.03, respectively) and FIMT- with hypertension, age, pack-years of smoking, ESR, CRP, FSS (P=0.022; r2=0.14, P=0.017; r2=0.12, P=0.023; r2=0.17, P=0.006, r2=0.23, P=0.001; r2=0.17, P=0.01, respectively); in multivariate analysis CIMT was associated with age (P=0.02) and FIMT- with age and CRP (P=0.02 and P=0.001, respectively).