CRP and atrial fibrillation: Furthermore, patients with incident AF had lower platelets (199.6 ± 95.4 vs. 222.9 ± 96.3 103/μL, p = 0.005) and lymphocyte counts (0.75 (I–III quartile: 0.55, 1.07) vs. 1.03 (0.72, 1.43) 103/μL, p < 0.001) and higher CRP values (90.0 (I–III quartile: 51.5, 168.0) vs. 63.1 (24.5, 119.0) mg/L, p < 0.001).