Not a clinical CVD endpoint study; adjusted associations reported with: male sex (OR = 1.65), age/decade (OR = 4.49), LDL-C/mmol/L (OR = 1.94), CRP/10 mg/L (OR = 1.36), smoking (OR = 1.29), PAD (OR = 3.85), CKD (OR = 1.14). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is chronic kidney disease.