PLA2G7 and Hypertension: However, with multivariate analysis, after adjustment for variables such as age, smoking, hypertension, total cholesterol, Lp(a), Hs-CRP, anti-platelet and medications for hypertension, only diabetes mellitus, LDL-C and Lp-PLA2 were found increasing hazard ratio for re-stenosis, whereas statins and medications for diabetes mellitus were found beneficial for reducing the incidence of re-stenosis (See Table 5).