Age, albumin/creatinine ratio, BMI, cholesterol, diabetes, educational status, family history of heart diseases, gender, HDL, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, income category, LDL, mean diastolic and systolic blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, smoking in past years, statin use, triglycerides, minutes walking per week, c reactive protein, D dimer, factor VIII, fibrinogen antigen, homocysteine, interleukin-6, plasmin antiplasmin, pericardial fat deposition, coronary artery calcium score, left ventricular area and left ventricular ejection fraction. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and metabolic syndrome.