CRP and diabetes mellitus: Moreover, after adjusting for confounders (Model 2: age, sex, and race/ethnicity were adjusted; Model 3: age, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, income to poverty ratio, BMI, alcohol consumption status, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, ALT, AST, total calcium, cholesterol, and C-reactive protein were adjusted), a negative association was still present and statistically significant.