CRP and Hypocalcemia: However, in assessing baseline demographics, patients with severe hypocalcemia as compared to those with no hypocalcemia were more likely to be diabetic (37% vs. 30%), overweight (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2, 64% vs. 59%), have prior cardiovascular disease (52% vs. 44%), have shorter dialysis vintage (1.7 vs. 2.0 years), more likely to use a dialysis catheter as access (46% vs. 13%), use fewer active vitamin-D sterols (54% vs. 68%), and exhibit higher median CRP (7.4 vs. 4.1 mg/L) and iPTH (677 vs. 545 ng/L) and lower median uncorrected calcium levels (2.3 vs. 2.4 mmol/L).