It is increasingly accepted that albumin excretion is not a good marker of kidney damage in SHR (however, it is still routinely determined), at least not one to indicate an early renal injury, what was repeatedly shown in previous studies, including our own (Garrett et al., 2006; Inoue et al., 2013; Gawrys et al., 2018). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is Nephropathy.