CRP and diabetes mellitus: Compared to the low C-FAR group, patients in the high C-FAR group had higher values of WBC, FIB, CRP, FPG, UA, creatinine, and sodium and worse NYHA class, while they had lower values of RBC, hemoglobin, and GFR and a higher proportion of combined diabetes (all P values <0.05) (Table 1).