Significant intergroup differences were identified across a range of variables, including age, marital status, ethnicity, education level, BMI, energy intake, FITPR, physical activity, creatinine levels, smoking status, alcohol consumption, hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio, diabetes mellitus status, hypertension status, and stroke status, as delineated in Table 1. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is diabetes mellitus.