MMP9 and Hypertension: Also, the differences in age, sex, history of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, alcohol consumption, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, sdLDL-C, and Hcy were not statistically significant between the remodelling groups (p > 0.05), whereas the differences in the history of diabetes, YKL-40, and MMP-9 were statistically significant (p < 0.05) (Table 4).