No significant differences were found in preoperative characteristics such as age, sex, BMI, prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, DM, CKD, smoking, peripheral arterial disease, serum hemoglobin levels, C-reactive protein, left ventricular ejection fraction, 6-min walk, and EuroSCORE II between two groups (Table 1). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is diabetes mellitus.