CRP and Abdominal obesity: Persons with abdominal obesity had higher prevalence of HbA1c > 70 mmol/mol (> 8.6%) (P < 0.001), lipid-lowering drugs (P = 0.012) and cardiovascular complications (P = 0.016); and had higher median values of hs- CRP (P < 0.001), triglycerides (P < 0.001), systolic blood pressure (P = 0.004), LDL (P = 0.021) and TC (P = 0.047).