For patients with CKD progression the median age at baseline was 58 (46–67) years, the median eGFR was 37 (32–51) mL/min/1.73 m2, median urine protein creatinine ratio (uPCR) was 0.038 (0.016–0.82) g/mmol and the median haemoglobin (Hb) was 13.1 (11.7–14.4) g/dl; 95.2% had hypertension, 40.1% patients had diabetes mellitus and 39.5% had both hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The gene discussed is GSTM1; the disease is chronic kidney disease.