CRP and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: In contrast, there were no statistically significant associations between CKD incidence and age, BMI, smoking, HOMA index, PP, hs-CRP, therapy with RAAS inhibitor drugs, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, other antihypertensive drugs, statins, antiplatelet agents, baseline FEV1, inhaled treatments for COPD and exacerbations for the disease (Table 3—Panel A).