CRP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Taking into account the effect of HEI on BMI, and BMI on CRP levels, the total indirect effect of race/ethnicity through HEI, BMI and CRP on HbA1c was significant, but weak, when comparing NHW with NHB and Hispanic participants without T2D (B = 0.02; (0.01, 0.03), and B = 0.03; (0.02, 0.04), respectively).