Sex, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, retinopathy, neuropathy, treated with insulin alone, OHA + insulin use, statin use, angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) use, smokers, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), HbA1c, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), white blood cell (WBC) count levels were the same among the three groups (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene ACE and Hypertension.