Their findings include risk factors for peripheral angiopathy of diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, high-density cholesterol, male sex, body mass index, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, WBC, albumin, blood uric acid, fibrinogen, serum lactate dehydrogenase, ankle-brachial index, and C-reactive protein (11–13, 40–42). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and diabetes mellitus.