COG2 and Hypertension: Other variables included in the analysis, hypertension (p = 0.092), atrial fibrillation (p = 0.244), albumin (p = 0.065), LDL-C (p = 0.393), triglyceride (p = 0.148), total cholesterol (p = 0.539), hemoglobin (p = 0.799) and PIV (p = 0.873), were found to be non-significant (Table 3).