Furthermore, patients with vitamin D deficiency had lower HDL (41 mg/dL, IQR 30–54 vs. 50 mg/dL, IQE 40–62, p < 0.001) and higher hs-CRP levels (0.37 mg/dL, IQR 0.19–0.98 vs. 0.28 mg/dL IQE 0.13–0.67, p = 0.045) at baseline, as compared to patients without vitamin D deficiency. Here, CRP is linked to vitamin D deficiency.