Patients with GDM were more obese than the controls (BMI 27.93 ± 7.02 versus 22.34 ± 4.21 kg/m2, p = 0.032) and had higher concentration of C-reactive protein (6.46 ± 6.03 versus 3.18 ± 3.83 mg/L, p = 0.029) (Table 1). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is gestational diabetes.