Salles Rosa Neto and colleagues13 recruited 27 subjects with Takayasu arteritis, of whom 15 had active disease and 12 were on remission; however, no significant difference between the two subgroups of patients was shown by the researchers (p = 0.83), while no significant association between cfPWV and CRP (p = 0.71) or ESR (p = 0.17) was found. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Takayasu arteritis.