From among the latter, we excluded 26 (1.9%) with no baseline or follow-up serum creatinine, urine albumin or urine creatinine, three missing parameters for LVMI, three missing information on heart disease, 10 missing LDL, high-density lipoprotein, and triglyceride, as well as one missing follow-up DBP, leaving 539 (40% of the original cohort and 73% of those at 7-year follow-up) individuals for analysis. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is heart disorder.