CRP and diabetes mellitus: Simple linear regression analysis, presented in Table 3, showed that the values of cfPWV were significantly positively correlated with DM (r = 0.300, p = 0.006), age (r = 0.437, p < 0.001), logarithmically transformed CRP level (log-CRP, r = 0.228, p = 0.039), and log-A-FABP level (r = 0.568, p < 0.001).