CRP and diabetic kidney disease: In the literature, a lot of inflammatory markers and cytokines, such as the C reactive protein to albumin ratio [44], kidney injury molecule [45], platelet distribution width [46], serum uric acid [47], the monocyte/lymphocyte ratio in hemogram [48], neuregulin [49], and the uric acid/HDL cholesterol ratio [50], have been linked with diabetic nephropathy.