LCN2 and hypertensive disorder: In 2013, there have been several studies searching for new biomarkers that correlate with hypertension complications, such as cardiotrophin 1 (CT-1) and procollagen III N-terminal propeptide, which are early markers of left ventricular injury, as well as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, which could be a sensitive marker of kidney function in elderly patients with hypertension [93, 94].