Overall, in the quartiles of the study population according to the achieved LDL-C levels, as achieved LDL-C increased, the proportion of male gender, age, presence of diabetes, use of antiplatelet agents, and ARB decreased, but with increasing followed-up hsCRP level, the proportion of male gender, age, presence of diabetes, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B level, and medication with warfarin, diuretics, and ARB increased (Tables 1 and 2, Supplementary Tables  and ). Here, APOB is linked to diabetes mellitus.