CRP and metabolic syndrome: The three upper quartiles of SU (> 308 μmol/L) were statistically associated with the presence of CAC in men (p < 0.05), but not in women, when adjustments were made for age, smoking, BMI, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, eGFR, hs-CRP, education level, and physical activity in a multivariable logistic regression (Table 2).