TNNT2 and peripheral arterial disease: Upon multivariable adjustment, significant and consistent associations were noted between CRP (ln) and current smoking, diabetes mellitus, lower glomerular filtration rate, estimates of myocardial damage (i.e. lower left‐ventricular ejection fraction and higher hs‐cTnT levels), peripheral artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, previous or present cancer and atrial fibrillation (Table 2).