CRP and metabolic syndrome: Risk factors for MI include three major categories: unchangeable factors (age, gender, and family history), variable factors (smoking, alcohol, lack of exercise, poor diet, high blood pressure, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and metabolism syndrome), and emerging factors (abnormal levels of CRP, fibrinogen, CAC, homocysteine, lipoprotein (a), and LDL) [2, 3].