There were no significant differences in the clinical characteristics for age, gender, body mass index, serum creatinine, eGFR, hemoglobin, hemoglobin A1c, left ventricular ejection fraction rate, fasting plasma glucose levels, brain natriuretic peptide level, percentage of hypertension, incidence of diabetes mellitus, and percentage of patients taking diuretics. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and Hypertension.