CRP and diabetes mellitus: In this regard, remarkably higher levels of LDH (509 [437.5-665] vs. 465 [362-557]), CRP (95.8 vs. 88.7) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (46 [30-61] vs. 36.5 [23-50]) were found in patients with diabetes as compared to the non-diabetic group (P = 0.019 and P = 0.005, respectively).