When the Taq1B polymorphism was included in the two-way ANCOVA model with adjustment for the confounding effects of age, BMI, smoking, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, the -629C > A promoter site showed no significant association with HDL-C and apoA1 (p = 0.455 and 0.812, respectively). This evidence concerns the gene APOA1 and Hypertension.