After potential confounder adjustment, including sex, age, ethnicity, ratio of family income to poverty, education level, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking history, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, protein intake, serum albumin, vitamin D supplements, physical activity, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, the association was stable. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is hypertensive disorder.