CRP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: After adjustment for various well-established cofounders affecting cIMT value (age, sex, BMI, hemoglobin, albumin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, diastolic/systolic blood pressure, duration of T2DM, Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), CRP, eGFR, albuminuria and proteinuria), RDW was found to be the strongest independent factor predicting cIMT value.