CRP and diabetes mellitus: We performed multiple logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and sex (model 1); model 1 plus NLR and VAI interaction by VAI tertile (model 2); model 2 plus BMI and smoking (model 3); model 3 plus cardiometabolic diseases (hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus—model 4); and finally model 4 plus HbA1c and CRP (model 5) as covariates (Table 4).