CRP and metabolic syndrome: Participants with cumTyG ≥ median and a TyG slope < 0 were more likely to be older, men, had a higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, were more likely to take antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and lipid-lowering agents, and had a higher level of BMI, SBP, DBP, FBG, TC, LDL-C, hs-CRP, and a lower level of eGFR, compared with participants in other groups (Table 1).