CRP and metabolic syndrome: Despite similar metabolic profiles of these MHO adults and the MHNW group in terms of most of the MetS criteria, the HOMA-IR, CRP, fibrinogen and PAI-1act were higher and HDL-cholesterol was lower in the MHOMHO group than the MHNW group, indicating increased cardiometabolic risk in the MHOMHO group [14].