C-reactive Protein and Racial Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Incidence: The REGARDS Study.
Kaitlyn M PeperBoyi GuoD Leann LongGeorge HowardApril P CarsonVirginia J HowardSuzanne E JuddNeil A ZakaiAndrea CherringtonAndrea N EdgintonTimothy B PlantePublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)
Higher CRP is a risk factor for incident diabetes, but the excess burden of diabetes in Black adults was only seen in those with lower CRP, suggesting that inflammation is unlikely to be the main driver of this racial disparity.