Clinically, they had higher BMI, larger waist circumference, had more frequently acanthosis nigricans and MS, as well as higher rates of hypertension, higher levels of sBP, dBP, uric acid, total cholesterol, triglycerides, CRP, LDL cholesterol, creatinine, AST and ALT, FLI and FLI ≥ 60. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Hypertension.