CD8A and hypertensive disorder: Both CGC+ CD4+ T cells (ρ=0.23, p=0.01) and CGC+ CD8+ T cells (ρ=0.27, p=0.003) were correlated with hemoglobin A1C in a partial Spearman’s correlation analysis adjusted for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, statin use, and smoking status (Figure 9, top).