The fully adjusted ORs of active arterial wall thickening evaluated based on the mean value of CIMT (n = 91 for non-hypertension and n = 55 for hypertension) for the logarithmic circulating CD34+ cell count were 1.26 (0.83, 1.91) and 0.81 (0.42, 1.59) for subjects without and with hypertension, respectively. The gene discussed is CD34; the disease is Hypertension.