After adjustment for sex, age, BMI, disease course, hypertension, smoking, drinking, HbA1c, HOMA-IR, C-reactive protein, and TG, similar results were obtained (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.06-2.38, model 2; OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.04-2.46, model 3). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Hypertension.