The following significant variables in participants with new-onset hypertension in the EV set were similar to those in participants with hypertension in the derivation set: age, education, BMI, waist circumference, systolic BP and diastolic BP in both men and women, alcohol consumption in men, and income status, serum triglyceride levels and Hb in women. This evidence concerns the gene GSTM1 and Hypertension.