The results of the association analyses between the 38 studied SNPs and blood pressure (BP) revealed that, most notably, two consecutive SNPs in the PTGES gene, which codes for a microsomal PGE2 synthase, rs11790782 and rs2241270, were associated with higher systolic BP (SBP), as revealed by linear regression analyses also considering age, sex, BMI, diabetes, ethnicity, and CKD stage. Here, PTGES is linked to diabetes mellitus.