Cardiac comorbidity, diabetes, hepatic comorbidity, infection, peptic ulcer disease, renal comorbidity, prior malignant neoplasm, heart valve disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hypoalbuminemia (albumin level <3.5 g/dL), thrombocytopenia (platelet count of <20 × 103 cells/μL), and high LDH level (>200 U/L) values met the predetermined significance level (P < .10) in univariate analyses to be considered in multivariate models. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is Hypertension.