CRP and peripheral arterial disease: However, adjustments for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, extent of CAD at angiography, LVEF, heart failure, previous peripheral artery disease, AMI, stroke, and coronary artery bypass attenuated the association between CLT and AMI (HR 1.43, CI 0.99–2.06, P = 0.058; Model 7), as did adjustments for fibrinogen and CRP (HR 1.41, CI 0.96–2.08, P = 0.081; Model 8, Table 3).