CRP and Hypertension: Of the 32,464 participants aged ≥ 20 years, 30,232 were excluded because they had no history of cancer (n = 29,470), were less than 40 years of age (n = 217), had missing data for CRP (n = 407), albumin (n = 18), smoking status (n = 2), alcohol use (n = 119), and hypertension (n = 1).