CRP and metabolic syndrome: Furthermore, CRP was positively associated with CMD in the multivariable logistic model, indicating that there was a 54% increase in the odds of CMD for each increase of one milligram per liter (mg/L) in plasma CRP concentrations, independent of sex, age, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, BMI, type 2 diabetes, systemic arterial hypertension, and dyslipidemia (Table 3).