Descriptive analysis showed that patients with VTDR were older (p < 0.001), with a longer diabetes duration (p < 0.001), had higher levels of SUA (p < 0.001), triglycerides (p = 0,02) and BMI (p = 0.01), were more likely to be users of an ACE inhibitor (p < 0.001), to have hypertension (p < 0.001), macrovascular disease (p < 0.001) and CKD (p < 0.001), than patients without VTDR. The gene discussed is ACE; the disease is hypertensive disorder.