CRP and achalasia-alacrima syndrome: This underscores, on the one hand, the controversial role of hypertension in the expansion of the AAAs, while it, on the other hand, suggests the presence of other explanatory factors.6, 39 In fact, participants in a pro‐inflammatory state, reflected by CRP levels greater than 3 mg/L, tended to show a slightly stronger association between the DASH‐style dietary pattern and risk of AAA.