CRP and congestive heart failure: To further investigate whether EPQs and serum CRP were independently correlated with the CHF occurrence, we conducted a logistic multifactor regression analysis with disease occurrence as the dependent variable and smoking history, TC, LDL-C, UA, EQPs (LVEF, FS, and E/A) in Table 1 (P < 0.1) and serum CRP level as independent variables.