Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, region, race, education, residence in census tract with poverty level of 30% or more, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes, BMI, log transformed hsCRP, SBP, TC, HDL, log transformed urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, triglycerides, use of anti-hypertensive medication, and use of statins. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and diabetes mellitus.