CRP and diabetes mellitus: Using a cross-sectional analysis, Sinjari et al. evaluated the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors of PAD in 175 patients with CKD stages 3–5 in Iraq, revealing significant associations between PAD and an older age, male sex, hypertension, DM, advanced CKD stages, prior coronary artery disease, albuminuria, elevated glycated hemoglobin levels, and high-sensitivity CRP levels [26].