In the multivariate adjusted analyses, significant associations were found between increasing copeptin tertile and increasing erythrocytes, RDW, EVF, Hb, leukocytes, and neutrophils, respectively, after adjustment for age, sex, BMI, current smoking, prevalent diabetes, hypertension, creatinine and physical activity, whereas the association was not significant for MCV, lymphocytes and thrombocytes (Table 2). This evidence concerns the gene AVP and Hypertension.