CRP and diabetes mellitus: Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for confounding factors (age, WHR, SBP, heart rate, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), diabetes, higher education, higher income, smoking, drinking, and physical exercise), males were 1.89 times more likely than females to develop arteriosclerosis (p < 0.05).