CRP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: CRP indicates a chronic subclinical inflammatory status (48, 49) and was significantly higher in T2D (42 cases) vs. not T2D (155 cases) patients in our series (means ±2 standard deviations: 5.8 ±1.3 vs. 3.2 ±1.6 mg/L, P < 0.05 with the t-test).