In a previous genome-wide linkage analysis for plasma adiponectin levels using 376 microsatellite markers in the Stanford Asia-Pacific Program for Hypertension and Insulin Resistance (SAPPHIRe) Chinese family cohort,[12] we identified a single peak with logarithm of odds (LOD) of 3.19 at 39 cM of chromosome 15. The gene discussed is ADIPOQ; the disease is Hypertension.