CRP and diabetes mellitus: The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (2002) [39] identified CRP as a predictor of diabetes development, independent of clinical features such as Body Mass Index (BMI), serum triglyceride levels or glucose concentrations, while the Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA) Augsburg Cohort Study (2003) demonstrated a 2.7-fold increased diabetes risk in subjects with elevated CRP levels [40].