Su H, et al. - Since many studies have reported that hyperglycemia not only increases inflammatory response, but also causes atherosclerosis, researchers evaluated the link between inflammatory levels and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis, stratified by different glucose metabolic status in a general population including 7,975 participants living in Tianjin, China. Subclinical carotid atherosclerosis was defined by increased carotid intima-media thickness and plaques. Using the criteria of the American Diabetes Association, the glucose metabolic status was defined. Immunoturbidimetric assay was used to measure high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). According to findings, the links between inflammatory levels and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis were different across patients with different glucose metabolic status.