CRP and metabolic syndrome: Unlike nitrate, nitrite did not show any significant associations with MetS including HOMA-IR, BMI, GGT, CRP, leukocyte count, triglycerides or ALT, but correlated inversely with vegetable intake (r = −0.34, p = 0.037) and showed a trend with TFT (r = 0.31, p = 0.055).