There was no association between any clinically relevant demographic or laboratory characteristic and histological diagnosis: age (p 0.49), gender (p 0.17), country of origin (p 0.46), years on ART therapy (p 0.53), type of tenofovir (p 0.574), BMI (p 0.36), diabetes mellitus (p 0.179), hypertension (p 0.54), creatinine (p 0.47), eGFR (p 0.74), HbA1C (p 0.72), viral load (p 0.45), absolute CD4 count (p 0.33), hepatitis B core antibody positive (p 0.39), hepatitis C antibody positive (p 0.255), syphilis antibody positive (p 0.41) and albuminuria (p 0.34). The gene discussed is CD4; the disease is hypertensive disorder.