Compared to the DM(-)E/Ea ≤ 9 group, the DM(+)E/Ea > 9 group were older, and had higher prevalence of hypertension, coronary artery disease and proteinuria, higher systolic blood pressure, higher BMI, higher levels of fasting glucose, triglycerides, calcium-phosphorous product and uric acid, and lower levels of hemoglobin and albumin, and a lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Hypertension.