CST3 and Hypertension: There were significant differences in age, sex, hypertension, smoking, drinking, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), homocysteine (HCY), creatinine (Cr), urea, uric acid (UA), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), cystatin C (CysC), C reaction protein (CRP), and β2M among the three groups (p < 0.05).