In the bivariate analysis (Table 2), the individual variables referring to the “individual characteristics” and “health behaviors” levels selected to compose the multiple model (p ≤0.20) were: gender, age, self-declared skin color, literacy, income, functional class, NT-proBNP, severe arterial hypertension, self-perceived health, physical activity, and alcohol use. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and Hypertension.