Although not holding Bonferroni correction for multiple testing, our results provided suggestive evidence,, that the minor alleles of two variants, rs2282477-C within SLC3A2/4F2hc- and rs3783436-C within SC7A8/LAT2, were nominally associated with lower odds of hypertension in presence of CKD. This evidence concerns the gene LAT2 and Hypertension.