CRP and diabetic neuropathy: A logistic regression analysis model considering age, gender, body mass index, waist circumference, serum creatinine, eGFR, CRP, HbA1c, and fasting blood glucose, along with PNI, showed that PNI was an independent risk factor for diabetic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, since a unit decrease in PNI increased the odds of diabetic neuropathy by 1.23 times (p < 0.001, OR: 1.23, 95% CI: 1.19–1.27).