CRP and Alzheimer disease: According to the joint guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association on CRP levels and cardiovascular risk11, 20 of our AD patients (33.9%) showed CRP levels in the range of ≥0.1mg/dl and ≤0.3mg/dl, predicting intermediate risk, and 31 patients (52.5%) showed CRP levels >0.3mg/dl, which is within the high risk range.