Age, male proportion, smoking, alcohol consumption, prevalence of diabetes, obesity rate, body mass index, resting heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, uric acid, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, LDL-C, WBC, ALT, and AST were higher in hypertension patients than in nonhypertension patients (ptrend <0.01), whereas HDL-C concentrations in hypertension patients were significantly lower than those in nonhypertension patients (ptrend <0.001). Here, GPT is linked to Obesity.