CRP and heart disorder: Regarding the factors involved in AS and AS-related heart diseases, the level of the CRP proinflammatory mediator was positively associated with those of RCCA intimal thickness (p = 0.022) and hs-cTN (p = 0.034); in addition, the level of SF was positively associated with the RCCA intimal thickness (p = 0.009) and hs-cTN level (p = 0.022) (Figure 4).