Data for patients with baseline microalbuminuria (urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio 30–300 mg/g) and hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg and/or a history of hypertension; and/or an antihypertensive treatment at baseline) who participated in any of six randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III trials were analyzed. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and hypertensive disorder.