CRP and diabetes mellitus: The most frequently encountered predictors were older age, sex, body temperature, number of comorbidities (cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, diabetes), decreased oxygen saturation, elevated levels of CRP, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), body temperature, systolic blood pressure (SBP), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), white blood cells count (WBC), lymphocyte count and pulse rate.