Why does this patient have elevated homocysteine and C-reactive protein?

In another article on this website, we discussed the reasons why, when I ordered laboratory tests for one of my outpatients, I included the following: Serum vitamin B12 level Serum methylmalonic acid level Serum homocysteine level High-sensitivity (“cardiac”) C-reactive protein I won’t repeat the reasons here. That article is available on this website at the following link: What laboratory tests to…