In addition, important risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, obesity hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP), stress, alcohol consumption, smoking, an immunological disorder, vascular wall inflammation, a genetic predisposition, and bacterial infection have all been implicated in the development of atherosclerosis [5,6]. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Hypertension.