CRP and Hypertension: Higher frequency of hypertension (35.3 % vs 20.6%,P < 0.001), history of the cerebrovascular event (10.7% vs 2.5% P ≤ 0.001) and the higher level of dyslipidaemia (33.8% vs 21.5%, P = 0.078), total cholesterol (217.4±38.7 mg/dL vs 192.4±27.9 mg/dL, P = 0.021), triglyceride (168.1±39.2 mg/dL vs 141.1±45.1 mg/dL, P = 0.012), creatinine (0.83±0.18 mg/dL vs 0.78±0.28 mg/dL, P = 0.062), haemoglobin A1C, CRP and lower levels of haemoglobin were observed in group 2 when compared with patients in group 1 .