CRP and Hypertension: CRP is an important indicator of inflammation and a clinically useful biomarker for CVD risk including hypertension risk [77, 78], and as a matter of fact in our study, patients who were diagnosed with hypertension had statistically significantly higher mean levels of CRP(mg/L) (14.90±13.05) when compared to those who did not (10.58±7.56) (P<0.001).