Other outcomes included anthropometric measurements, blood pressure (BP), changes in albuminuria and albumin fractional clearance, GDR, HbA1c, plasma lipids, hs-CRP, regression from micro- to normo-albuminuria and progression from normo- to micro- and from micro- to macro-albuminuria, remission/regression and new onset or progression of diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy, incidence of major fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, health-related quality of life evaluated with the 36-Item Short Form Quality of Life Questionnaire. Here, CRP is linked to diabetic retinopathy.