CRP and Other metabolic disease: According to the DESEASES database in the String web resource, of forty-two significantly different proteins, eight proteins are related to amyloidosis, eight to blood coagulation diseases, five to thrombophilia, thirteen to metabolic diseases, seven to kidney diseases, etc. The greatest difference was found for C-reactive protein (CRP, 4.5 times higher in North Americans) and P-selectin (SELPLG, 7 times higher in Europeans).