Compared with subjects without a stroke, participants with stroke displayed lower total cholesterol levels, consumed less alcohol, had lower household incomes, were more non-Hispanic white, were married and cohabitating, had a higher BMI, were more hypertensive, smoked more and had lower levels of diabetes mellitus as well as coronary artery disease (CAD), More arthritis, less chronic bronchitis, taking less aspirin, higher C-reactive protein,respectively (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and arthritic joint disease.