CRP and myocardial infarction: Participants with low-grade MI and higher BMI exhibited increased markers of systemic inflammation and coagulation, including neutrophils (key innate immune cells), monocytes (circulating precursors of macrophages and dendritic cells), aPTT (activated partial thromboplastin time, a marker of coagulation activity), and CRP (Table 1), suggesting an enhanced inflammatory and pro-thrombotic profile (Table 2).