Interestingly, CRP tended to be lower in patients with diabetes (183.3 ± 110.9 vs. 203.7 ± 113.3 mg/L), though the difference did not reach conventional statistical significance (p = 0.071), and D-dimer levels were slightly higher (8.7 ± 4.1 vs. 8.0 ± 4.2 ng/mL, p = 0.099). Here, CRP is linked to diabetes mellitus.