CRP and Hypertension: However, inthe propensity score matched cohort, there were no significant between-groupdifferences with respect to sex, age, body mass index (BMI), hypertension,diabetes, smoking, history of PCI, time from onset to hospital visit,characteristics of vascular lesions (number of diseased vessels, culprit vessels,TIMI thrombus grade, proximal coronary artery lesion), and key laboratory markers(creatinine, LDL-C, CRP) (p > 0.05 for all; Table 2).