CRP and diabetes mellitus: In univariate analysis, the clinical factors possibly associated (P < 0.1) with embolism were, by increasing P-value, younger age (less than the 62.5 y cohort median), mode of IE acquisition including IDU, tricuspid IE location, CRP level at admission, history of a procedure at-risk of IE in the previous 3 months, diabetes, Charlson comorbidity index, septic shock and vegetation size (Table 1).