CRP and venous thromboembolism: After entering body mass index, atherosclerotic disease, history of venous thromboembolism, CRP and D-dimer as covariates in a multi-variable logistic regression analysis, absence of previous atherosclerotic disease (OR 0.096, 95% CI 0.011-0.84; P = .034) and D-dimer (OR 2.59/one SD increment, 95% CI 1.07-6.28; P = .034) were associated with MVT (Table 5).