During a parametric linkage analysis in 59 families from China with early onset hypertension, a link was detected to two chromosome regions that contained the LPL and dipeptidyl carboxipeptidase 1 (DCP1) genes; in the analysis, the greatest signal was for the region with the LPL gene46, which evidenced the association between dyslipidemia and hypertension, then this relationship was confirmed with a recent study associating 95 loci with high concentrations of lipids in plasma and among which the variants of the LPL and CEPT genes were identified.47 This evidence concerns the gene LPL and metabolic syndrome.