CRP and coronary stenosis: For example, at the age of 17, males in the Israel Defence Forces who later developed a stenosis of more than 50% in at least one coronary artery had similar BMI levels to the men without coronary stenosis; however, subsequent increases in BMI up to diagnosis at the age of 25–45 years were larger in men who developed the stenosis than among other young men.[7] In the Whitehall II study, British civil servants with CVD had higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) 14 years prior to diagnosis of fatal CVD than those individuals without CVD [8].