CRP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Our group also found the association of this ratio, but not HDL–LOOH content, with the visceral fat area (VFA), which is a good surrogate marker of obesity-related disorders, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a marker of inflammation, by performing a Pearson correlation analysis on data collected from patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) [29].